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Pluto Solar Wind Interaction

United States of America · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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2015

David McComas14 July 2015

Pluto · Science / Astronomy

Uses New Horizons SWAP measurements to characterize how Pluto's escaping atmosphere slows and diverts the solar wind during the spacecraft's close flyby.

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David McComas

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