Observations of the geomagnetic tail at 500 Earth radii by Pioneer 8

Mariani, F.; Ness, N. F.

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“…A substantial fraction of the observations of the Earth's distant magnetotail were gained by the passage of Pioneer 8 through the tail region at about 500 RE in January, 1968 [Intriligator et al, 1969;Mariani and Ness, 1969;Scarf et al, 1970;Siscoe et al, 1970;Bavassano et al, 1971;and Scarf, 19711. Intriligator et al [19691 reported the presence of rapidly fluctuating ion spectra which were often different from typical solar wind spectra and also time periods when there was a complete absence of measurable plasma while Pioneer 8 was in the Earth's magnetospheric wake region.…”

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Voyager observations of Jupiter's distant magnetotail

Kŭrth¹,

Gurnett²,

Scarf³

et al. 1981

J. Geophys. Res.

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Observations of nonthermal continuum radiation by Voyager 1 and 2 at large distances from Jupiter have led to the identification of brief encounters with the Jovian magnetosphere at distances greater than 700 RJ and in directions substantially far from the Jupiter‐sun line. In addition, a number of examples of continuum radiation apparently trapped in local density depressions in the solar wind are observed. Simultaneous measurements by the Voyager plasma instrument have verified the distant magnetotail crossings and are used to correlate the occurrence of trapped continuum radiation events within solar wind density rarefactions. The Voyager observations of the distant Jovian magnetotail are compared with observations in the distant terrestrial magnetosphere and also with observations of the plasma tails of comets. Viable explanations of the observations are that the Jovian tail consists of filamentary structures, some of which extend to large distances in the predawn direction, or that the Jovian tail may be offset in the dawn direction by a combination of corotation angular momentum and forces associated with high‐speed streams in the solar wind. The observations of continuum radiation trapped in low‐density regions of the solar wind suggest that Voyager may at times be connected to the distant tail by a low‐density trough which acts as a wave guide and allows radiation from the tail to reach the spacecraft. This may provide an indirect method of detecting the tail extending more than 2 AU downstream from Jupiter.

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Section: T Introduction ---//mentioning

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Voyager observations of Jupiter's distant magnetotail

Kŭrth¹,

Gurnett²,

Scarf³

et al. 1981

J. Geophys. Res.

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“…Instruments on Pioneer 7 and 8 spacecraft detected what appears to be an extension of the magnetospheric tail (or perhaps a wake) at distances of 1000 and 5QQ earth radii, respectively. Its effects were observed is plasma, magnetic fields, and (on Pioneer 8) ac electric fields [Fairfield, 1968;Intriligator et al, 1969;Mariani and Ness, 1969;Ness et al, 1967a;Scarf et al, 197Q r Siscoe et al, 1970;Wolfe and McKibbin, 19686;Wolfe etal, 1967].…”

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Interplanetary fields and plasmas

Vasyliūnas

1971

EoS Transactions

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This report attempts to summarize work by U.S. scientists published during the period 1967 through 1970 on the topics of the solar wind (including plasma, magnetic and electric fields, and the relation to the sun, but excluding the transport of cosmic rays) and its interaction with the planets and the moon (including, for the interaction with the earth, the bow shock, the magnetosheath, the distant magnetospheric tail, and the geomagnetic effects directly attributed to the solar wind, but excluding the magnetosphere and related topics, which are covered in the report by Neil M. Brice).

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“…Pioneer 7 data, at a distance of 1000 RE downstream, from the earth, reported observations of geomagnetic tail related effects (Ness et al, 1967a;Fairfield, 1968). Pioneer 8, at 5 0 0 RE as it crossed the tail region, also reported tail related phenomenon (Mariani and Ness, 1969). …”

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Magnetometers for space research

Ness¹

1970

Space Sci Rev

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Observations of the geomagnetic tail at 500 Earth radii by Pioneer 8

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Voyager observations of Jupiter's distant magnetotail

Voyager observations of Jupiter's distant magnetotail

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Magnetometers for space research

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