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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Geophys Res Space Phys. 2020 Aug 21;125(9):e2020JA028100. doi: 10.1029/2020ja028100

Table 1.

Nominal Plasma Parameters at Comet 67P

Parameter Weakly active phase Intermediately/strongly active phase Solar wind ion cavity Diamagnetic cavity
np (cm−3) 1–2a ~0b ~0c
Vp (km/s) 300–600d ~0b ~0c
nH 2O+ (cm−3) 50–200 (near comet)e 50–400f 100–1,500g
V H 2O+ (km/s) 30–60 (near comet/mainly antisunward)d 10–40 (mostly antisunward)f 2–4 (mostly radially outward from comet)h
B (nT) 10–24 20–37 <1c
f di (Hz) 1.3–3.7
0.2–0.9 (near comet)
0.07–0.8 0.02–0.2

Note. Here, np is the proton density, Vp is the proton speed, nH 2O+ is the H2O+ ion density, VH 2O+ is the H2O+ ion velocity, B is the magnetic field magnitude, and f di is the ion inertial frequency.