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Direct Observations of Magnetic Reconnection in the Solar Wind Current Sheets near Mars

  • Authors: Chi Zhang, Chuanfei Dong, Xinmin Li, Han-Wen Shen, Jasper Halekas, Tai Phan, Christian Mazelle, Yuki Harada, Hongyang Zhou, Jiawei Gao, Liang Wang, Shannon Curry, David L. Mitchell

Chi Zhang et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1004 .

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Caption: Figure C1.

Simultaneous observations of the CS by MAVEN and Tianwen-1 on 2025 June 15. Panels (a) and (b) show the spacecraft locations in the ﹩{X}_{{\rm{MSO}}}-\sqrt{{Y}_{{\rm{MSO}}}^{2}+{Z}_{{\rm{MSO}}}^{2}}﹩ and ﹩Y{Z}_{{\rm{MSO}}}﹩ planes. The black and magenta stars denote the positions of MAVEN and Tianwen-1, respectively. Panels (c) and (d) present the magnetic field components measured by MAVEN and Tianwen-1 from 12:00 to 12:10 UT. Panel (e) shows the clock angles derived from the magnetic field measurements.

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