摘要
The magnetic field disturbances detected by the Phobos-2 spacecraft in 1989 have been suggested to be caused by a ring of dust and/or gas emitted from the Martian moon,Phobos.The physical nature of these"Phobos events"is examined using results from related investigations over the last twenty years.It is concluded that there is no clear evidence at present to support the association of magnetic field disturbances in the solar wind with Phobos.The situation will be further clarified taking advantage of the multi-spacecraft observations of the Yinghuo-1(YH-1),Mars Express and MAVEN missions beginning in 2012.It is expected that many novel features of solar wind interaction with Phobos(and possibly also Deimos) itself will also be revealed.
The magnetic field disturbances detected by the Phobos-2 spacecraft in 1989 have been suggested to be caused by a ring of dust and/or gas emitted from the Martian moon,Phobos.The physical nature of these＂Phobos events＂is examined using results from related investigations over the last twenty years.It is concluded that there is no clear evidence at present to support the association of magnetic field disturbances in the solar wind with Phobos.The situation will be further clarified taking advantage of the multi-spacecraft observations of the Yinghuo-1（YH-1）,Mars Express and MAVEN missions beginning in 2012.It is expected that many novel features of solar wind interaction with Phobos（and possibly also Deimos） itself will also be revealed.
出处
《空间科学学报》
CAS
CSCD
北大核心
2011年第2期150-153,共4页
Chinese Journal of Space Science
基金
supported in part by NSC Grant NSC 96-2752-M-008-011-PAE and Ministry of Education under the Aim for Top University Program NCU
