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Schwingenschuh et al. 1990
Schwingenschuh, K., Riedler, W., Lichtenegger, H., Yeroshenko, Y., Sauer, K., Luhmann, J.G., Ong, M. and Russell, C.T. (1990). Martian bow shock: Phobos observations. Geophysical Research Letters 17: doi: 10.1029/90GL00521. issn: 0094-8276.

Data obtained with the MAGMA magnetometer on the subsolar passes of the Phobos spacecraft during its 3 elliptic orbits reveals a turbulent bow shock with a strong foot consistent with the reflection of solar wind protons. The bow shock lies at a subsolar distance of 1.47+.03 RM. The circular orbit phase of the mission reveals a bow shock with a highly varying location. The median terminator crossing lies at 2.72 Mars radii. The location of the bow shock in the terminator plane is sensitive to neither the EUV flux nor to planetary longitude.

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Keywords
Interplanetary Physics, Planetary bow shocks
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Geophysical Research Letters
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