Mapping Titan's Induced Magnetosphere

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Dec 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008agufm.p21a1323b&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #P21A-1323

Physics

2459 Planetary Ionospheres (5435, 5729, 6026), 2732 Magnetosphere Interactions With Satellites And Rings, 2756 Planetary Magnetospheres (5443, 5737, 6033), 2780 Solar Wind Interactions With Unmagnetized Bodies, 6281 Titan

Scientific paper

In this work we study the spatial distribution of the magnetic pressure in the vicinity of Titan from all the Cassini flybys to date in an attempt to characterize the average extent and shape of its induced magnetosphere at altitudes above 950 km. The role of parameters such as Saturn Local Time (SLT), total upstream pressure, and convective electric field is studied. Then we combine Cassini magnetometer (MAG), Plasma Spectrometer (CAPS), Plasma Wave/Langmuir probe (RPWS/LP), and Magnetospheric Imager (MIMI) observations in order to compare, when possible, the magnitudes of the dynamic, magnetic and plasma pressures at different altitudes. Finally, we discuss the constraints that these results set for the current theoretical models.

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