Micrometeoroid impact on planetary satellites as a magnetospheric mass source

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May 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986icar...66..258h&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 66, May 1986, p. 258-269.

Computer Science

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Earth Magnetosphere, Hypervelocity Impact, Micrometeoroids, Natural Satellites, Planetary Atmospheres, Planetary Mass, Amalthea, Atmospheric Composition, Mass Distribution, Planetology, Vaporizing

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Proceeding from the observation that planetary satellites are important sources of mass for planetary magnetospheres, it is noted that meteoroid impact vaporization may compete with charged particle sputtering as a supply mechanism. After considering meteoroid-driven vapor sources in the Jovian and Kronian systems, it is concluded that while the larger impact flux values obtained for the outer solar system suggest a role for impact vaporization in the cases of both Jupiter and Saturn, this process will not predominate over sputtering; at the lower end of the impact flux range, however, sputtering everywhere dominates magnetospheric mass loading.

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