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Observations of the Venus Dramatic Response to an Extremely Strong Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejection

Xu, Qi; Zhang, Tielong; Rong, Zhaojin +4 more

On 2011 November 5, Venus Express observed the impact of an extremely strong interplanetary coronal mass ejection (ICME) on Venus. As a result, the Venusian induced magnetosphere dramatically fluctuated during the ICME passage: the bow shock was compressed and broadened by the sheath and the body of the ICME, respectively; an atypically strong mag…