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Title: | Comet Siding Spring's influence on the Mars' ionosphere | Authors: | Witasse, O. Sánchez-Cano, B. Molina-Cuberos, G. Blelly, P. -L. Lester, M. Leblanc, F. Modolo, R. Chaufray, J. -Y. Gronoff, G. Espley, J. Costa, M. GIURANNA, MARCO |
Issue Date: | 2017 | Volume: | European Planetary Science Congress 2017 | First Page: | EPSC2017-131 | Abstract: | On October 19th 2014, Mars experienced a close encounter with Comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring), at a distance of 138,000 km. The coma washed over Mars and the planet passed directly through the cometary debris stream, producing significant effects in Mars' upper atmosphere. We present here an overview of ionospheric measurements performed during the comet encounter with Mars Express, MAVEN, and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. We discuss the comet's influence on the ionosphere through different processes that work at different altitudes: magnetospheric disturbances, impact of cometary pick-up ions, and deposition of cometary dust. | Conference Name: | European Planetary Science Congress 2017 | Conference Place: | Riga, Lettonia | Conference Date: | 17–22 September, 2017 | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/26611 | URL: | https://www.epsc2017.eu/information/general_information.html | Bibcode ADS: | 2017EPSC...11..131W | Fulltext: | open |
Appears in Collections: | 3.02 Abstract in Atti di convegno |
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