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Unmanned Spaceflight.com _ Mars _ Solar Flare Hits Earth And Mars

Posted by: AlexBlackwell Feb 23 2006, 07:31 PM

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060223_solar_flares.html
By Ker Than
Staff Writer, Space.com
posted: 23 February 2006
02:02 pm ET

This refers to the following paper being published in the http://www.sciencemag.org/content/vol311/issue5764/index.dtl:

Effects of Solar Flares on the Ionosphere of Mars
Michael Mendillo, Paul Withers, David Hinson, Henry Rishbeth, and Bodo Reinisch
Science 311, 1135-1138 (2006).

Posted by: ljk4-1 Feb 24 2006, 03:50 PM

MARSDAILY

- Scientists Discover Mars' Atmosphere Altered By Solar Flares

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Scientists_Discover_Mars_Atmosphere_Altered_By_Solar_Flares.html

Boston MA (SPX) Feb 23, 2006 - Astronomers said Thursday they have uncovered the
first clear evidence that solar flares can affect the upper atmosphere of Mars.
A team at Boston University said their studies of X-ray bursts from the Sun in
April 2001 that reached Mars show the phenomena caused dramatic enhancements to
the planet's ionosphere - the region where the Sun's ultraviolet and X-rays are
absorbed by atoms and molecules in the atmosphere.

- Martian Gardens

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Martian_Gardens.html