TY - JOUR
T1 - Detection of cometary ions at a distance of seven million kilometers upstream of comet halley
AU - Oyama, Koh Ichiro
AU - Abe, Takumi
AU - Okuzawa, Takashi
AU - Konno, Ichishiro
PY - 1989/5
Y1 - 1989/5
N2 - Between 10 and 12 March 1986 Japan's interplanetary spacecraft, Sakigake, traversed the front of comet Halley. The closest approach was at 04:17:00 U.T. on 11 March at a distance of 7 × 106 km. A small fluctuation of solar wind velocity due to H2O+ ions was first detected at the closest approach. However, maximum fluctuation was detected between 22:30:00 and 24:00:00 U.T. on 11 March. The spacecraft was closer than the time of closest approach to the trajectory of comet Halley during this time period. This might suggest that H2O still remains along the path of comet Halley.
AB - Between 10 and 12 March 1986 Japan's interplanetary spacecraft, Sakigake, traversed the front of comet Halley. The closest approach was at 04:17:00 U.T. on 11 March at a distance of 7 × 106 km. A small fluctuation of solar wind velocity due to H2O+ ions was first detected at the closest approach. However, maximum fluctuation was detected between 22:30:00 and 24:00:00 U.T. on 11 March. The spacecraft was closer than the time of closest approach to the trajectory of comet Halley during this time period. This might suggest that H2O still remains along the path of comet Halley.
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U2 - 10.1016/0032-0633(89)90092-5
DO - 10.1016/0032-0633(89)90092-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:45149142813
VL - 37
SP - 517
EP - 524
JO - Planetary and Space Science
JF - Planetary and Space Science
SN - 0032-0633
IS - 5
ER -