COSMIC RESEARCH (TR)

Vol. 37, No. 1, 1999

Contents
Space Optical Interferometry for Astrornetry

A. A. Boyarchuk, A. V Bagrov, A. M. Mikisha, L. V Rykhlova,
M. A. Smirnov, A. A. Tokovinin and 1. Sh. Etsyn 1

Venera-15: Water Vapor at Altitudes of 55-65 km
L. V. Zasova, N. I. Ignatiev, V I. MoroZ, and I. V. Khatuntsev 10

Acceleration of Heavy Ions in the Martian Magnetosphere Tail by the Data
of the TAUS and MAGMA Experiments on the Phohos-2 Spacecraft

G. A. Kotova, M. I. Verigin, N, M. Shutte, A. P. Remizov, H. Rosenhauer,
W. Riedler, K. Schwingenschuh, M. Delva, K. Szego, and M, Tatrallyay 27

Shape and Location of Planetary Bow Shocks
M. I. Verigin, G. A. Kotova, A. R Remizo, V. A. Styazhkin, N. M. Schutte, T.-L Zhang,
W. Riedler H. Rosenbauer, K. Szego, M. Tatrallyay, and K. Schwingenschah 34

Anisotropic Precipitation of Energetic Protons from the Inner Magnetosphere

T.A. Yahnina, B. B. Gvozdevsky, and A. G. Yahnin 40

Relation of the Magnetospheric and Ionospheric Processes during a Geomagnetic Storm
from the Data Qflnterkosmos-19 Satellite

G. L. Gdalevich, V. F. Gubskii, Yu. V. Mineev, E. D. Tolstaya, and V. I. Larkina 46

Solar-Cycle Variations of Invariant Parameters of Ion Energy Spectra of the Earth's Radiation Belts
A. S. Kovtyukh 53

Nonequilibrium Processes and Their Effect on the Structure of Near-Nucleus Cometary Coma:
II. Models of Dusty Gas Flows

E. G. Kolesnichenko and A. L. ltkin 65

Microaccelerations onboard the Mir Orbital Station and Prompt Analysis
of Gravitational Sensitivity of Convective Processes of Heat and Mass Transfer

V V Sazonov, M. M. Komarov, V. I. Polezhaev, S. A. Nikitin, M. K. Ermakov,
V. M. Stathkov, S. G. Zykov, S. B. Ryabukha, J. Acevedo, and E. Liberman 80

Short Communications
On the Statistics of Spatial Characteristics for Medium-Scale Irregularities in F2"Layer by the Data
from Satellite Sounding

M. N. Fatkullin, L P. Kharkov, and V A, Fatkullina . 95

Ring Laser Use for Measurement of Gravitational Field Effect on Electromagnetic Waves
V L Denisov, N. V. Kravtsov, and V B. Pintchuk 100

On the Problem of Determination of a Quasi-Stationary AES Orbit from Ground-Based Measurements
/. B. Kryzhko 103