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Terrestrial plasmaspheric imaging by an Extreme Ultraviolet Scanner on planet‐B
Author(s) -
Nakamura M.,
Yoshikawa I.,
Yamazaki A.,
Shiomi K.,
Takizawa Y.,
Hirahara M.,
Yamashita K.,
Saito Y.,
Miyake W.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/1999gl010732
Subject(s) - plasmasphere , orbiter , extreme ultraviolet , mars exploration program , astrobiology , planet , physics , remote sensing , astronomy , geology , magnetosphere , optics , laser , plasma , quantum mechanics
An extreme ultraviolet (XUV) scanner on board the Mars orbiter, Planet‐B, observed the terrestrial plasmasphere while it was in a parking orbit around the earth. The image was available only for the dusk side of the plasmasphere. Nonetheless, this was the first image from the outside of the plasmasphere. Future missions, such as the NASA IMAGE mission in 2000 as well as the Japanese plasmaspheric imaging telescope on SELENE in 2003 will provide further information on this region.