Modeling of Magnetospheres of Terrestrial Exoplanets in the Habitable Zone around G-Type Stars
Elena S. Belenkaya,
Igor I. Alexeev,
Marina S. Blokhina
Affiliations
Elena S. Belenkaya
Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP MSU), Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1(2), Leninskie Gory, GSP-1, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Igor I. Alexeev
Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP MSU), Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1(2), Leninskie Gory, GSP-1, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Marina S. Blokhina
Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP MSU), Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1(2), Leninskie Gory, GSP-1, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Using a paraboloid model of an Earth-like exoplanetary magnetospheric magnetic field, developed from a model of the Earth, we investigate the magnetospheric structure of planets located in the habitable zone around G-type stars. Different directions of the stellar wind magnetic field are considered and the corresponding variations in the magnetospheric structure are obtained. It is shown that the exoplanetary environment significantly depends on stellar wind magnetic field orientation and that the parameters of magnetospheric current systems depend on the distance to the stand-off magnetopause point.
