Author/Authors :
Zhang، نويسنده , , T.L. and Baumjohann، نويسنده , , W. and Delva، نويسنده , , M. and Auster، نويسنده , , H.-U. and Balogh، نويسنده , , A. and Russell، نويسنده , , C.T. and Barabash، نويسنده , , S. and Balikhin، نويسنده , , M. and Berghofer، نويسنده , , G. and Biernat، نويسنده , , H.K. and Lammer، نويسنده , , H. and Lichtenegger، نويسنده , , H. and Magnes، نويسنده , , W. and Nakamura، نويسنده , , R. and Penz، نويسنده , , T. and Schw، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
The Venus Express mission is scheduled for launch in 2005. Among many other instruments, it carries a magnetometer to investigate the Venus plasma environment. Although Venus has no intrinsic magnetic moment, magnetic field measurements are essential in studying the solar wind interaction with Venus. Our current understanding of the solar wind interaction with Venus is mainly from the long lasting Pioneer Venus Orbiter (PVO) observations. In this paper, we briefly describe the magnetic field experiment of the Venus Express mission. We compare Venus Express mission with PVO mission with respect to the solar wind interaction with Venus. Then we discuss what we will achieve with the upcoming Venus Express mission.
