Planetary bow shocks: Asymptotic MHD Mach cones

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-38

  Verigin, M ^a,b   Slavin, J ^a   Szabo, A ^a   Kotova, G ^b   Gombosi, T ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Russian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 20644456291     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352460     Document Type: Article

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