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Magnetic effect due to hypervelocity dust particle impact on the Giotto spacecraft

Neubauer, F. M.; Israelevich, P. L.; Ershkovich, A. I. +1 more

Magnetic field disturbance accompanying dust particle impacts is explained by means of the creation of a secondary cloud around the Giotto spacecraft. The enhancement of the magnetic field is seen as a result of the deceleration of electrons in the cometary plasma flow due to collisions with neutral atoms of the cloud surrounding the spacecraft. A…