The Mars Plasma Environment

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Russell, C. T. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
• Subjects: Physics.; Planetology.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Space sciences.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

Mars sits very exposed to the solar wind and, because it is a small planet, has but a weak hold on its atmosphere. The solar wind therefore plays an important role in the evolution of the martian atmosphere. Over the last four decades a series of European missions, first from the Soviet Union and mo...