MAVEN has revealed that the highly charged Martian ‘ionosphere’ has small-scale pockets where the particle density is either higher or lower than the surroundings. How do these regions form?
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MAVEN has revealed that the highly charged Martian ‘ionosphere’ has small-scale pockets where the particle density is either higher or lower than the surroundings. How do these regions form?