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Bale et al. 1997
Bale, S.D., Owen, C.J., Bougeret, J.-L., Goetz, K., Kellogg, P.J., Lepping, R.P., Manning, R. and Monson, S.J. (1997). Evidence of currents and unstable particle distributions in an extended region around the lunar plasma wake. Geophysical Research Letters 24: doi: 10.1029/97GL01193. issn: 0094-8276.

We report observations of electrostatic ion acoustic waves and Langmuir waves during a recent lunar encounter by the Wind spacecraft. These waves are observed when Wind is magnetically connected to the nominal wake and at distances greater than 8 lunar radii from the wake. When interpreted in the context of a simple time-of-flight model, these observations imply the existence of a system of currents and disturbed particle distributions that extends far into solar wind.¿ 1997 American Geophysical Union

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Magnetospheric Physics, Solar wind interactions with unmagnetized bodies, Planetology, Solid Surface Planets, Interactions with particles and fields, Interplanetary Physics, Solar wind plasma, Planetology, Comets and Small Bodies, Interactions with solar wind plasma and fields
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Geophysical Research Letters
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