| Previous theoretical work on the flow configuration of the shocked solar wind in the subsolar magnetosheath has predicted that the bulk flow has either a stagnation point or a stagnation line configuration. Experimental observations with ISEE 1 have hinted that the flow has a stagnation point, but have not been conclusive. The present study, using data from the AMPTE/CCE spacecraft, attempts to determine experimentally whether the magnetosheath bulk flow has a stagnation point or a stagnation line configuration. The AMPTE/CCE spacecraft has an equatorial orbit with an apogee of 8.8 R... |
