Electromagnetic sounding of planets from a low-orbiting probe |
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Authors: | E N Fedorov V A Pilipenko |
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Institution: | 1. Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bol’shaya Gruzinskaya ul. 10, Moscow, 123995, Russia 2. Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya ul. 84/32, Moscow, 117997, Russia
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Abstract: | Is it theoretically possible to perform magnetotelluric sounding in order to determine the conductivity of a planet’s interior based on the registration of variable electric and magnetic fields on a low-orbiting space probe? In this case, fast magnetosonic (FMS) waves in the planetary magnetosphere can play the role of sounding waves. It has been indicated that the registration of FMS-wave impedance (the ratio of the electric and magnetic components) onboard the probe actually makes it possible to estimate the planetary conductivity for a planet with a magnetosphere and ionosphere. |
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