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Model of the Crustal Magnetic Field in the Martian Aurora Zone
DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/28/11/119601
Bibcode: 2011ChPhL..28k9601T
Tong, Dong-Sheng; Chen, Chu-Xin
It is well known that aurorae are prominent on planets with a global magnetic field and occur where open magnetic field lines converge. The UV spectrometer used for investigating the characteristics of the atmosphere of Mars (SPICAM) on board the Mars Express made the first observation of auroral-type emission in the cusp region of the strong crus…
2011
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Chinese Physics Letters
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