Outer satellite atmospheres: Their nature and planetary interactions

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Nov 1984

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984aeri.reptr....s&link_type=abstract

Annual Report, 1 Jun. 1983 - 31 Jul. 1984 Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc., Cambridge, MA.

Physics

Cometary Atmospheres, Io, Satellite Atmospheres, Titan, Clouds, Cometary Magnetospheres, Earth Magnetosphere, Electric Fields, Hydrogen, Jupiter (Planet), Kohoutek Comet, Lyman Alpha Radiation, Particle Trajectories, Plasmas (Physics), Saturn (Planet), Sodium, Solar Radiation

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Significant insights regarding the nature and interactions of Io and the planetary magnetosphere were gained through modeling studies of the spatial morphology and brightness of the Io sodium cloud. East-west intensity asymmetries in Region A are consistent with an east-west electric field and the offset of the magnetic and planetary-spin axes. East-west orbital asymmetries and the absolute brightness of Region B suggest a low-velocity (3 km/sec) satellite source of 1 to 2 x 10(26) sodium atoms/sec. The time-varying spatial structure of the sodium directional features in near Region C provides direct evidence for a magnetospheric-wind-driven escape mechanism with a high-velocity (20 km/sec) source of 1 x 10(26) atoms/sec and a flux distribution enhanced at the equator relative to the poles. A model for the Io potassium cloud is presented and analysis of data suggests a low velocity source rate of 5 x 10(24) atoms/sec. To understand the role of Titan and non-Titan sources for H atoms in the Saturn system, the lifetime of hydrogen in the planetary magnetosphere was incorporated into the earlier Titan torus model of Smyth (1981) and its expected impact discussed. A particle trajectory model for cometary hydrogen is presented and applied to the Lyman-alpha distribution of Comet Kohoutek (1973XII).

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