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The wind-sock theory of comet tails
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Rothe, E. D. Brandt, J. C. |
| Copyright Year | 1976 |
| Description | A method is reported for calculating the shapes of ionic comet tails that use the magnetic field along the tail to channel the tail plasma. The local momentum field in the solar wind determines magnetic field line locations along the tail. Thus, the magnetic field acts as a transparent wind sock in trapping field lines in the cometary plasma around the nucleus long enough to be effectively fastened to the comet's head. |
| File Size | 1732929 |
| Page Count | 15 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19760014000 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t4wh7bx6x |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1976-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Astrophysics Comet Tails Plasma Physics Trapped Magnetic Fields Gas-ion Interactions Solar Wind Astronomical Models Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
