Solar wind interaction and impact on the Venus atmosphere

Y Futaana, G Stenberg Wieser, S Barabash… - Space Science …, 2017 - Springer
Venus has intrigued planetary scientists for decades because of its huge contrasts to Earth,
in spite of its nickname of “Earth's Twin”. Its invisible upper atmosphere and space …

Pre-flight calibration and near-earth commissioning results of the mercury plasma particle experiment (MPPE) onboard MMO (Mio)

Y Saito, D Delcourt, M Hirahara, S Barabash… - Space Science …, 2021 - Springer
BepiColombo Mio (previously called MMO: Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter) was
successfully launched by Ariane 5 from Kourou, French Guiana on October 20, 2018. The …

Venus express—The first European mission to Venus

H Svedhem, DV Titov, D McCoy, JP Lebreton… - Planetary and Space …, 2007 - Elsevier
Venus Express is the first European mission to planet Venus. The mission aims at a
comprehensive investigation of Venus atmosphere and plasma environment and will …

Ion energization and escape on Mars and Venus

E Dubinin, M Fraenz, A Fedorov, R Lundin… - The plasma environment …, 2012 - Springer
Mars and Venus do not have a global magnetic field and as a result solar wind interacts
directly with their ionospheres and upper atmospheres. Neutral atoms ionized by solar UV …

Magnetic field investigation of the Venus plasma environment: Expected new results from Venus Express

TL Zhang, W Baumjohann, M Delva, HU Auster… - Planetary and Space …, 2006 - Elsevier
The Venus Express mission is scheduled for launch in 2005. Among many other
instruments, it carries a magnetometer to investigate the Venus plasma environment …

The induced magnetospheres of Mars, Venus, and Titan

C Bertucci, F Duru, N Edberg, M Fraenz… - Space science …, 2011 - Springer
This article summarizes and aims at comparing the main features of the induced
magnetospheres of Mars, Venus and Titan. All three objects form a well-defined induced …

The Long-Term Evolution of the Atmosphere of Venus: Processes and Feedback Mechanisms: Interior-Exterior Exchanges

C Gillmann, MJ Way, G Avice, D Breuer… - Space Science …, 2022 - Springer
This work reviews the long-term evolution of the atmosphere of Venus, and modulation of its
composition by interior/exterior cycling. The formation and evolution of Venus's atmosphere …

The loss of ions from Venus through the plasma wake

S Barabash, A Fedorov, JJ Sauvaud, R Lundin… - Nature, 2007 - nature.com
Venus, unlike Earth, is an extremely dry planet although both began with similar masses,
distances from the Sun, and presumably water inventories. The high deuterium-to-hydrogen …

RPC: The Rosetta plasma consortium

C Carr, E Cupido, CGY Lee, A Balogh, T Beek… - ROSETTA, 2009 - Springer
Abstract The Rosetta Plasma Consortium (RPC) will make in situ measurements of the
plasma environment of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The consortium will provide …

Do intrinsic magnetic fields protect planetary atmospheres from stellar winds? lessons from ion measurements at Mars, Venus, and Earth

R Ramstad, S Barabash - Space Science Reviews, 2021 - Springer
The accumulation of detailed ion flux measurements from long-lived spacecraft orbiting the
solar system's terrestrial planets have enabled recent studies to estimate the rate of solar …