Abstract
The principal ways in which the study of comets can contribute to knowledge of three-dimensional solar wind structure are briefly reviewed. Calibration of the cometary results should be considered an important scientific goal of space probes sent to high heliocentric latitudes.
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Brandt, J.C. (1986). Comets and Three-Dimensional Solar Wind Structure. In: Marsden, R.G. (eds) The Sun and the Heliosphere in Three Dimensions. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 123. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4612-5_24
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