The Mars Plasma Environment
Christopher . Ed(S): Russell
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paperback. Editor(s): Russell, Christopher. Num Pages: 510 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGC; PGS; TTDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 783.
Mars sits very exposed to the solar wind. Ironically Mars possesses the strongest remanent magnetization of any body thus far visited in the solar system, yet the scale size of this magnetization is so small that it provides an insignificant shield against the solar wind. Compared to Venus that is eight times as massive, Mars has but a weak hold on its atmosphere. Mars has been the subject of intense study over the last four decades and we have learned much about its surface and lower atmosphere but studies of the solar wind interaction with its upper atmosphere and ionosphere ... Read more
Mars sits very exposed to the solar wind. Ironically Mars possesses the strongest remanent magnetization of any body thus far visited in the solar system, yet the scale size of this magnetization is so small that it provides an insignificant shield against the solar wind. Compared to Venus that is eight times as massive, Mars has but a weak hold on its atmosphere. Mars has been the subject of intense study over the last four decades and we have learned much about its surface and lower atmosphere but studies of the solar wind interaction with its upper atmosphere and ionosphere ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer United States
Number of pages
510
Condition
New
Number of Pages
501
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781489981448
SKU
V9781489981448
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About Christopher . Ed(S): Russell
The author has been a principal investigator of instruments on many terrestrial and planetary probes, and has published close to 1200 papers on topics in planetary and space physics. He is currently the principal investigator of the Dawn mission to Vesta and Ceres.
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