Overview
- A primary reference for the researcher studying solar wind/planet interactions
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Space Sciences Series of ISSI (SSSI, volume 18)
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Table of contents(8 chapters)
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Review Articles
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Contributed Papers
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About this book
Given that the question of an internal magnetic field is of fundamental importance to the understanding of Mars' formation and thermal evolution, and of the evolution of Mars' atmosphere, surprisingly few of the many spacecraft sent to Mars were equipped with instrumentation for such investigations. Of the 9 or so orbiters that have successfully archived Mars orbit, even if for a short period of time, only two have returned useful data about the magnetic field and about the plasma environment near Mars: The Phobos 2 spacecraft, and more recently, Mars Global Surveyor (MGS).
With the discovery by MGS that Mars has large remnant magnetic field structures indicating an internal dynamo long extinct, the true nature of the past and present interaction between Mars and the solar wind comes, for the first time, into sharp focus. This work, detailing the integration and new interpretation of the MGS and Phobos results, is a primary reference for the researcher studying solar wind/planet interactions.
Editors and Affiliations
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, USA
Daniel Winterhalter
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
Mario Acuña
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Space Research Institute, Moscow, Russia
Alexander Zakharov
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mars’ Magnetism and Its Interaction with the Solar Wind
Editors: Daniel Winterhalter, Mario Acuña, Alexander Zakharov
Series Title: Space Sciences Series of ISSI
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-306-48604-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2004
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-2048-3Published: 20 July 2004
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6582-7Published: 15 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-306-48604-3Published: 05 June 2013
Series ISSN: 1385-7525
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 265
Additional Information: Reprinted from SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS, 111:1-2
Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Geophysics/Geodesy, Planetology