Journal article
Observations at Venus Encounter by the Plasma Science Experiment on Mariner 10
Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Vol.183(4131), pp.1293-1296
03/29/1974
DOI: 10.1126/science.183.4131.1293
PMID: 17791370
Abstract
Preliminary results from the rearward-looking electrostatic analyzer of the plasma science experiment during the Mariner 10 encounter with Venus are described. They show that the solar-wind interaction with the planet probably involves a bow shock rather than an extended exosphere, but that this is not a thin boundary at the point where it was crossed by Mariner 10. An observed reduction in the flux of electrons with energies greater than 100 electron volts is interpreted as evidence for some direct interaction with the exosphere. Unusual intermittent features observed downstream of the planet indicate the presence of a comet-like tail hundreds of scale lengths in length.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Observations at Venus Encounter by the Plasma Science Experiment on Mariner 10
- Creators
- H. S Bridge - Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyA. J Lazarus - Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyJ. D Scudder - Goddard Space Flight CenterK. W Ogilvie - Goddard Space Flight CenterR. E Hartle - Goddard Space Flight CenterJ. R Asbridge - Los Alamos National LaboratoryS. J Bame - Los Alamos National LaboratoryW. C Feldman - Los Alamos National LaboratoryG. L Siscoe - University of California, Los Angeles
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Vol.183(4131), pp.1293-1296
- DOI
- 10.1126/science.183.4131.1293
- PMID
- 17791370
- ISSN
- 0036-8075
- eISSN
- 1095-9203
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/29/1974
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984199693602771
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