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EMVIM: An empirical model for the magnetic field configuration near Venus
DOI: 10.1002/2015JA022049 Bibcode: 2016JGRA..121.3362H

He, Maosheng; Vogt, Joachim; Zhang, Tielong +1 more

More than 2000 orbits of Venus Express magnetic field measurements are condensed into Empirical Model of Venusian Induced Magnetic fields (EMVIM), an empirical model to quantify the magnetic configuration in the Venusian magnetosphere at low altitude (<500 km) as a function of the upstream solar wind magnetic field (IMF components) and the sola…

2016 Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics)
VenusExpress 3
Propagation of Solar Energetic Particles During Multiple Coronal Mass Ejection Events
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-015-0835-4 Bibcode: 2016SoPh..291..487P

Valtonen, Eino; Pohjolainen, Silja; Al-Hamadani, Firas

We study solar energetic particle (SEP) events during multiple solar eruptions. The analysed sequences, on 24 - 26 November 2000, 9 - 13 April 2001, and 22 - 25 August 2005, consisted of halo-type coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that originated from the same active region and were associated with intense flares, EUV waves, and interplanetary (IP) ra…

2016 Solar Physics
SOHO 3
Mission accomplished: Rosetta crashes into comet
DOI: 10.1038/nature.2016.20705 Bibcode: 2016Natur.538...13G

Gibney, Elizabeth

Craft sends back wealth of images in 19-kilometre descent.

2016 Nature
Rosetta 3
Iron-rich solar particle events measured by SOHO/ERNE during two solar cycles
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201527462 Bibcode: 2016A&A...589A.138R

Vainio, R.; Valtonen, E.; Raukunen, O.


Aims: We study the differences in the heavy ion composition of solar energetic particle (SEP) events between solar cycles 23 and 24.
Methods: We have surveyed the SOHO/ERNE heavy ion data from the beginning of solar cycle 23 until the end of June 2015, that is, well into the declining phase of cycle 24. We used this long observation peri…

2016 Astronomy and Astrophysics
SOHO 3
Future dedicated Venus-SGG flight mission: Accuracy assessment and performance analysis
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2015.08.036 Bibcode: 2016AdSpR..57..459Z

Zheng, Wei; Hsu, Houtse; Zhong, Min +1 more

This study concentrates principally on the systematic requirements analysis for the future dedicated Venus-SGG (spacecraft gravity gradiometry) flight mission in China in respect of the matching measurement accuracies of the spacecraft-based scientific instruments and the orbital parameters of the spacecraft. Firstly, we created and proved the sin…

2016 Advances in Space Research
VenusExpress 3
Comparison of diffuse infrared and far-ultraviolet emission in the Large Magellanic Cloud: The data
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2016.03.001 Bibcode: 2016P&SS..133...90S

Shalima, P.; Gogoi, Rupjyoti; Saikia, Gautam +1 more

Dust scattering is the main source of diffuse emission in the far-ultraviolet (FUV). For several locations in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite has observed diffuse radiation in the FUV with intensities ranging from 1000 to 3×105 photon units and diffuse fraction between 5% and 20%…

2016 Planetary and Space Science
AKARI 3
Measuring Structural Parameters Through Stacking Galaxy Images
DOI: 10.3847/0004-6256/152/6/201 Bibcode: 2016AJ....152..201L

Li, Yubin; Zheng, Xian Zhong; Gu, Qiu-Sheng +4 more

It remains challenging to detect the low surface brightness structures of faint high-z galaxies, which are key to understanding the structural evolution of galaxies. The technique of image stacking allows us to measure the averaged light profile beneath the detection limit and probe the extended structure of a group of galaxies. We carry out simul…

2016 The Astronomical Journal
eHST 3
Gaia benchmark stars and their twins in the Gaia-ESO Survey
DOI: 10.1002/asna.201612386 Bibcode: 2016AN....337..859J

Jofré, P.

The Gaia benchmark stars are stars with very precise stellar parameters that cover a wide range in the HR diagram at various metallicities. They are meant to be good representative of typical FGK stars in the Milky Way. Currently, they are used by several spectroscopic surveys to validate and calibrate the methods that analyse the data. I review o…

2016 Astronomische Nachrichten
Gaia 3
A variety of radars designed to explore the hidden structures and properties of the Solar System's planets and bodies
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2016.07.022 Bibcode: 2016CRPhy..17..966C

Ciarletti, Valérie

Since the very first observations of the Moon from the Earth with radar in 1946, radars are more and more frequently selected to be part of the payload of exploration missions in the Solar System. They are, in fact, able to collect information on the surface structure of bodies or planets hidden by opaque atmospheres, to probe the planet subsurfac…

2016 Comptes Rendus Physique
MEx 3
Evidence for a Very Low-column Density Hole in the Galactic Halo in the Direction of the High Latitude Molecular Cloud MBM 16
DOI: 10.3847/0004-637X/816/2/82 Bibcode: 2016ApJ...816...82L

Liu, W.; Galeazzi, M.; Ursino, E.

Shadow observations are the only way to observe emission from the galactic halo (GH) and/or the circumgalactic medium (CGM) free of any foreground contamination from local hot bubble (LHB) and solar wind charge exchange (SWCX). We analyzed data from a shadow observation in the direction of the high latitude, neutral hydrogen cloud MBM 16 with Suza…

2016 The Astrophysical Journal
Suzaku 3