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Lunar dayside plasma sheet depletion: Inference from magnetic observations
Author(s) -
Schubert G.,
Lichtenstein B. R.,
Russell C. T.,
Coleman P. J.,
Smith B. F.,
Colburn D. S.,
Sonett C. P.
Publication year - 1974
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/gl001i003p00097
Subject(s) - plasma sheet , earth's magnetic field , geophysics , plasma , magnetic field , geology , astrobiology , physics , solar wind , astrophysics , astronomy , magnetosphere , quantum mechanics
Apollo surface and orbital magnetic field observations in the plasma sheet of the geomagnetic tail have identified a region on the day side of the Moon with magnetic characteristics indicative of plasma depletion.