The lunar wake at 6.8 RL: WIND magnetic field observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1263-1266

  Owen, C J ^a,b   Lepping, R P ^a   Ogilvie, K W ^a   Slavin, J A ^a   Farrell, W M ^a   Byrnes, J B ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; MOON; SPACECRAFT; SUN; SUPERSONIC FLOW; WAKES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SOLAR WIND;

LUNAR MACH CONE BOUNDARY; LUNAR WAKE; SOLAR WIND LUNAR INTERACTIONS;

MAGNETIC FIELDS; FLOW VISUALIZATION;

DOWNSTREAM DISTANCES; FIELD STRENGTHS; IMP-8 OBSERVATIONS; IN-FIELD; LUNAR WAKES; MACH CONE; SOLAR WIND INTERACTIONS; WIND DATA;

EID: 0030141829     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01354     Document Type: Article

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