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Sep 2008
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European Planetary Science Congress 2008, Proceedings of the conference held 21-25 September, 2008 in Münster, Germany. Online a
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ABSTRACT Since the Voyager mission it is known that the magnetosphere of Saturn does not rigidly corotate outside 5 Rs. The velocity profiles show a clear breakdown of corotation [1]. However current data obtained by the Cassini spacecraft provide controversial results. The aim of our work is to develop an azimuthal profile for the plasma flow in the inner Kronian magnetosphere. For this purpose, data from the Magnetospheric Imaging Instrument (MIMI) onboard Cassini were analysed. Energetic particle injection events are observed between 3 and 11 Rs. In the data they are visible as dispersion profiles. The shape of these profiles depends, amongst others, on the azimuthal velocity of the magnetosphere [2]. We show how the superposition of the particle drifts with the trajectory of the spacecraft modifies the measured dispersion profiles. A comparison of the data with theoretically predicted profiles indicates that the magnetosphere does not rigidly corotate with Saturn. References [1] Richardson, J.D. and E. C. Sittler Jr., (1986) JGR, 91, 1381-1389. [2] Mauk, B. H. et al., (2005) GRL, 32, L14S05.
Krimigis Stamatios M.
Krupp Norbert
Mitchell Donald G.
Müller Anna-Liane
Roussos Elias
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