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Solar wind sputtering of the Martian atmosphere
- Publication Year :
- 1977
- Publisher :
- United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 1977.
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Abstract
- The interaction between the solar wind and a planetary atmosphere is evaluated as a cause of atmospheric mass loss. For the case of Mars, calculations suggest that an amount of material has been sputtered which is of the same order as the mass of the present atmosphere.
- Subjects :
- Solar Physics
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Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- NASA Technical Reports
- Notes :
- EY-76-C-02-2074, , NGR-05-002-333, , NSF PHY-76-83685
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsnas.19770026076
- Document Type :
- Report