| Literature DB >> 15448263 |
R Lundin1, S Barabash, H Andersson, M Holmström, A Grigoriev, M Yamauchi, J-A Sauvaud, A Fedorov, E Budnik, J-J Thocaven, D Winningham, R Frahm, J Scherrer, J Sharber, K Asamura, H Hayakawa, A Coates, D R Linder, C Curtis, K C Hsieh, B R Sandel, M Grande, M Carter, D H Reading, H Koskinen, E Kallio, P Riihela, W Schmidt, T Säles, J Kozyra, N Krupp, J Woch, J Luhmann, S McKenna-Lawler, R Cerulli-Irelli, S Orsini, M Maggi, A Mura, A Milillo, E Roelof, D Williams, S Livi, P Brandt, P Wurz, P Bochsler.
Abstract
The Analyzer of Space Plasma and Energetic Atoms (ASPERA) on board the Mars Express spacecraft found that solar wind plasma and accelerated ionospheric ions may be observed all the way down to the Mars Express pericenter of 270 kilometers above the dayside planetary surface. This is very deep in the ionosphere, implying direct exposure of the martian topside atmosphere to solar wind plasma forcing. The low-altitude penetration of solar wind plasma and the energization of ionospheric plasma may be due to solar wind irregularities or perturbations, to magnetic anomalies at Mars, or both.Entities:
Year: 2004 PMID： 15448263 DOI： 10.1126/science.1101860
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN： 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728