Effects of unipolar induction in the magnetic tail of Venus.
Abstract
Venera 4, 9, and 10 measurements of the magnetic field in the Venusian tail are analyzed. A correlation is detected between the field structure in the tail and the orientation of the transverse component of the interplanetary magnetic field. It is shown that the Venus data can be interpreted within the framework of a model of the unipolar induction field which forms in the daytime ionosphere and is extended to the dark side by interaction with the solar wind.
- Publication:
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Kosmicheskie Issledovaniia
- Pub Date:
- January 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979KosIs..17...93E
- Keywords:
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- Magnetic Induction;
- Planetary Magnetic Fields;
- Planetary Magnetospheres;
- Venus Atmosphere;
- Geomagnetic Tail;
- Interplanetary Magnetic Fields;
- Magnetic Field Configurations;
- Magnetic Signatures;
- Satellite Observation;
- Solar Wind;
- Venera Satellites;
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration;
- Magnetic Field:Venus