Table 2.
Results from analytic estimate at each simulated radial distance.
| 32 RS | 30 RS | 27.87 RS | 26 RS | 24 RS | 22 RS | 20.36 RS | 18 RS | 15.977 RS | 13.28 RS | 11.44 RS | 9.8 RS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vm | 2.93 | 2.38 | 5.13 | 2.55 | 3.26 | 6.18 | 6.89 | 5.97 | 7.12 | 7.43 | 6.09 | 8.32 |
| Vs | 1.63 | 1.57 | 2.83 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 2.31 | 2.42 | 1.55 | 0.58 | 0.5 | 0.27 | 0.99 |
| x | 4.6x | 3.8x | 7.2x | 1.3x | 7.3x | 12.7x | 15.1x | 17x | 22.3x | 28.9x | 31.7x | 43x |
Notes. Vm is the measured spacecraft floating potential values at each radial distance (from Figure 2a), Vs is the analytically estimated spacecraft floating potential values at each radial distance, and (x) is the scaling factor increase in secondary electron current needed to reach Vm.
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