Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 1982
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982jgr....87.1369n&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 87, Mar. 1, 1982, p. 1369-1381.
Physics
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Earth Magnetosphere, Satellite Atmospheres, Saturn Atmosphere, Titan, Analysis Of Variance, Geomagnetic Tail, Io, Planetary Magnetic Fields, Venus Atmosphere, Voyager 1 Spacecraft, Saturn, Satellites, Titan, Magnetosphere, Voyager 1, Magnetic Fields, Observations, Electrodynamics, Interactions, Magnetotail, Magnetopause, Asymmetry, Corotation, Structure, Comparisons, Analysis, Ionosphere, Diagrams, Data, Hypotheses, Flows, Plasmas, Venus, Jupiter, Io, Mathematical Models
Scientific paper
No evidence was found for an intrinsic magnetic field, nor for the development of a bow shock wave, as the corotating Saturnian magnetoplasma convected past Titan during the Voyager 1 close encounter of November 12, 1980. The observation of a well-developed, induced bipolar magnetic tail is evidence, however, of a strong electrodynamic interaction. Three thin, current-carrying regions were crossed which correspond to the inbound and outbound tail magnetopause and an imbedded tail neutral sheet. The interaction is unique among those observed to date in the solar system, in that it is intermediate with respect to sonic and Alfvenic Mach numbers by comparison with Titan in the solar wind and Io in the Jovian magnetosphere. The draping of the Saturnian magnetic field around the ionosphere of Titan is suggested by results of the analysis of magnetic field data.
Acuña Mario Humberto
Behannon Kenneth W.
Ness Norman F.
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