Abstract
The paper presents a study of the bow shock wave based on the data from an energy ion spectrometer installed on board the satellite Prognoz 8. In the experiment both the vector of total ion flux and the ion energy spectra were measured, the energy range being from 0·16 to 4·2 keV with the time resolution of about 1 sec. The paper describes a statistical data processing of basic parameters from several consecutive shock wave crossings, following each other in short time intervals. The results, compared with the behaviour of other parameters characteristic for this region, enable to draw a qualitative conclusion about the processes responsible for fast thermalization in the region after the shock wave front.
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