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Location of the Martian bow shock measurements by the plasma wave system on Phobos 2
Author(s) -
Trotig Jean Gabriel,
Grard Réjean,
Klimov Stanislas
Publication year - 1991
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 - 10.1029/91gl00025
Subject(s) - martian , bow shock (aerodynamics) , shock wave , bow wave , physics , shock (circulatory) , plasma , solar wind , mars exploration program , spacecraft , atmosphere of mars , geophysics , astrobiology , geology , astronomy , mechanics , medicine , quantum mechanics
During the early months of 1989, the Plasma Wave System, PWS, onboard the Soviet spacecraft Phobos‐2 made plasma and electric‐field spectrum measurements near the Martian bow shock. A total of 26 shock boundaries were unambiguously identified in the PWS data coming from the high‐resolution mode. The location of these boundaries was modeled and the results compared with other studies. Despite the limited coverage of the Phobos‐2 observations, the previous shock‐surface models and ours show a relatively good agreement.