Summary
The Giotto RPA-COPERNIC plasma experiment identified several regions in which the solar wind interaction with the cometary plasma displayed characteristic features:
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Beginning ~ 4.6 106 km from the comet there is an upstream region with sporadic connection to the comet
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An electron foreshock is present up to 2.5 105 km away from the bow shock
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A bow shock is detected at 1.15 106 km
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Between the bow shock and the cometopause the outer regions can be divided into 3 parts
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A cometopause is found at ~ 1.35 105 km and a density decrease is detected at ~ 4.5 104 km from the comet.
The detailed plasma features associated with these regions are successively described.
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Rème, H. et al. (1988). General features of comet P/Halley: solar wind interaction from plasma measurements. In: Grewing, M., Praderie, F., Reinhard, R. (eds) Exploration of Halley’s Comet. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82971-0_5
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