Global Shape Modelling of Saturn's Bow Shock

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Dec 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007agufm.p43a1013m&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2007, abstract #P43A-1013

Physics

2154 Planetary Bow Shocks, 2740 Magnetospheric Configuration And Dynamics, 2756 Planetary Magnetospheres (5443, 5737, 6033), 2784 Solar Wind/Magnetosphere Interactions

Scientific paper

We present a new model of Saturn's bow shock surface. Shock crossings are identified in Cassini magnetic field and plasma data and these are added to the crossings made by Pioneer 11, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. Using electron densities determined from Langmuir wave observations by the Radio and Plasma Wave System, the solar wind dynamic pressure for the Cassini crossings is estimated. Corrections for the planet's orbital motion and solar wind dynamic pressure variation are made and a conic section is fitted to the crossings using a least squares technique. We examine and discuss the role played by different parameters in determining the size and shape of the Kronian bow shock.

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