Solar Orbiter’s first Venus flyby. MAG observations of structures and waves associated with the induced Venusian magnetosphere

• Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Main Authors: Volwerk, M, Horbury, TS, Woodham, LD, Bale, SD, Simon Wedlund, C, Schmid, D, Allen, RC, Angelini, V, Baumjohann, W, Berger, L, Edberg, NJT, Evans, V, Hadid, LZ, Ho, GC, Khotyaintsev, YV, Magnes, W, Maksimovic, M, O’Brien, H, Steller, MB, Rodriguez-Pacheco, J, Wimmer-Scheingruber, RF
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: EDP Sciences 2021
• Subjects: North Pole; Venus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/101272; https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202140910

Context. The induced magnetosphere of Venus is caused by the interaction of the solar wind and embedded interplanetary magnetic field with the exosphere and ionosphere of Venus. Solar Orbiter entered Venus’s magnetotail far downstream, > 70 Venus radii, of the planet and exited the magnetosphere...