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Title: Magnetospheres in the solar system

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5476494

Intrinsic and induced magnetospheres of planets, moons, and comets in the solar system are described. Magnetospheric electric fields, the plasmasphere, rotational effects, and corotation and convection dominated intrinsic magnetospheres are considered. Supersonic and subsonic interactions in induced magnetospheres are discussed. (ESA)

Research Organization:
Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge (USA)
OSTI ID:
5476494
Report Number(s):
N-85-22274
Resource Relation:
Other Information: In ESA, plasma astrophys., 41-48 p., (N--85-22270 12-90)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English