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- Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
"Dream, Dream, Dream! Conduct these dreams into thoughts, and then transform them into action."
- Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
20 Jan 2023
A group of Indian researchers from the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG) has made a ground-breaking discovery by presenting the first proof of the existence of solitary waves around Mars.
According to the official press statement released by the Ministry of Science and Technology, solitary waves are primarily unique electric field variations in the Martian magnetosphere that regulate energization, plasma loss, and transport through wave-particle interactions.
Mars' atmosphere and the solar wind directly interact to generate the magnetosphere, which is feeble yet incredibly dynamic. The Langmuir Probe and Waves instrument on NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) probe, which was launched in November 2013, provided the IIG scientists with high-resolution electric field data that allowed them to make the finding. The lone waves are predominant during dawn and dusk and the reason for that is still a mystery to experts and needs further research.
The results have been published in "The Astrophysical Journal," which details the examination of 450 solitary wave pulses captured by the MAVEN spacecraft during its five orbits of the planet in February 2015.
This discovery is crucial because it will allow researchers, scientists, and academics to get new knowledge of the Martian magnetosphere's behavior and open the door to further investigation into similar occurrences in other planetary magnetic fields.
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