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Program of solar wind data analysis utilizing data from pioneer 6, mariner 5 and explorer 35
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Siscoe, G. L. |
| Copyright Year | 1972 |
| Description | A combined data analysis and theoretical program aimed at interpreting and utilizing solar wind data obtained from Pioneer 6, Mariner 5, and Explorer 35 has been completed. A theoretical model of the radial dependence of large scale solar wind inhomogeneities was developed and used to map solar wind variations measured by Explorer 35 to various heliocentric distances and to the orbits of Mercury, Venus, and Mars. The model was also used to determine power spectra velocity, density and temperature variations of 20 R sub s from spectra obtained from the Mariner 5 data at an average heliocentric distance of 180 R sub s. Five stream-stream interaction events in the Pioneer 6 data were analyzed which confirmed the picture of a spiral compression ridge interfacing the two streams and the associated east-west deflections of the solar wind flow. Magnetopause crossings observed in Explorer 35 plasma data were used to develop statics on boundary motions at lunar distance. A study of the geomagnetic disturbance field asymmetry was performed and a model of disturbance field from a partial ring current was developed. |
| File Size | 409458 |
| Page Count | 11 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19730006079 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t56f0mg7m |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1972-09-13 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Space Radiation Pioneer 6 Space Probe Magnetospheric Instability Explorer 35 Satellite Space Probes Astronomical Models Magnetic Disturbances Wind Velocity Mariner 5 Space Probe Solar Wind Data Reduction Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
