During the recent TSS-1R mission, measurements of ion depletion in the near wake were obtained at a downstream distance of two body radii from the satellite center. The ratio of satellite radius to Debye length is approximately 150. Similar measurements were also obtained at the same downstream location in the wake of the shuttle during the Spacelab 2 mission of August 1985. In the case of the shuttle, the ratio of body radius to Debye length is greater than 1000. The wake depletion observed in the these two cases, together with data obtained from previous ionospheric satellites and from applicable laboratory experiments involving small bodies, will be compared in order to determine the influence of body size on wake filling. Extrapolation of these results to the case of the moon in the solar wind will be noted.


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    Title :

    Near Wake Depletion of Non-Magnetized Bodies Immersed in Mesosonic Plasma Flow


    Contributors:
    Wright, K. H. (author) / Stone, N. H. (author) / Samir, U. (author) / Sorensen, J. (author) / Winningham, J. D. (author)

    Publication date :

    1997-01-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


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