... towards the Lagrangian L1 point or the L2 point in the tail, for modifying missions (such as that of Geotail) and on December 22, 1983 for sending ISEE-3 away from Earth towards Comet Giacobini-Zinner (the figure above describes its orbit, which includes ...
... 22. "Wind" s/c . 23. The Tail . 24. Substorms . 25. ... approaching a stationary object --like a comet approaching the Sun--increases its ... Next Stop: #23. The Tail of the Magnetosphere . Back to the Index Page . ...
... ahead of the magnetosphere, and a long magnetic tail on the night side of the Earth ... distant magnetotail, observes that the distant tail plasma flows (past about 70 RE ...
... international missions as Interball project (Tail Probe (1995), Auroral Probe (1996 ... studying the planet of Venus and the Halley comet and the other world-wide known ...
... 1949 --Britain puts the first jet airliner into service, the Comet. ... ahead of the magnetosphere, and a long magnetic tail on the night side of the Earth ... distant magnetotail, observes that the distant tail plasma flows (past about 70 RE ...
... Consider the geotail: The density and temperature in the plasma sheet vary continuously, but can we tell how at any time they vary with distance down the tail or across the tail? ...
... it encountered a burst of energetic particles, which could be the result of a substorm-type event in Marcury's magnetic tail ... magnetic cavities are also formed around Venus, the Moon and comets (and probably, Mars), but if the obstacle is not a ...