Increased electric sail thrust through removal of trapped shielding electrons by orbit chaotisation due to spacecraft body

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3089-3100

  Janhunen, P ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Interplanetary physics (Instruments and techniques) Magnetospheric physics (Solar wind interactions with unmagnetized bodies) General or miscellaneous (New fields (not classifiable under other headings))

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON; ESTIMATION METHOD; MAGNETOSPHERE; ORBIT DETERMINATION; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 73449148340     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-3089-2009     Document Type: Article

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