Interplanetary magnetic field during the Giotto encounter and the induced magnetosphere of comet Halley

Neubauer, F. M.; Israelevich, P. L.; Ershkovich, A. I.

Israel

Abstract

The direction of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) which governs the orientation of the Halley's magnetosphere was restored. Giotto magnetic and plasma data were represented in the coordinate system rotating with the IMF.

1995 Advances in Space Research
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