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BUTTERFLY DISTRIBUTION [1 record]

Record 1 2004-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physics
  • Space Physics
CONT

Butterfly distributions were observed at the onset of the main phase (orbit 185). They are usually explained in terms of drift shell splitting due to local time asymmetry in the Earth's magnetic field.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique
  • Physique spatiale
CONT

Distribution en papillon des particules.

Spanish

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