Open AccessSolar Wind Disconnects Venus's Magnetotail
Author(s) -
A. K. Higginson
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2016eo054773
Subject(s) - venus , astrobiology , solar wind , computer science , meteorology , geology , physics , plasma , quantum mechanics
Polarity reversals in the solar wind magnetic field disconnect the magnetic field trailing behind Venus, allowing ions from the atmosphere to escape.