An update on the ring exosphere and plasma disc of Saturn

Details An update on the ring exosphere and plasma disc of Saturn An update on the ring exosphere and plasma disc of Saturn

Jul 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005georl..3213204i&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 32, Issue 13, CiteID L13204

Physics

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Magnetospheric Physics: Planetary Magnetospheres (5443, 5737, 6033), Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets: Rings And Dust, Planetary Sciences: Fluid Planets: Ionospheres (2459), Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects: Saturn

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A re-examination of the mass budget of the ring exosphere of Saturn - as prompted by the most recent Cassini measurements in the vicinity of the ring system - indicates that the corresponding number density could reach the level of 2-3 × 105 cm-3 at maximum. Such extended exospheric structure in equilibrium with a thin ring plasma disc could be an important supplier of suprathermal oxygen ions of a few tens of keV in the Saturnian magnetosphere.

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