Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2005
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005agufm.p51e..01k&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2005, abstract #P51E-01
Physics
2740 Magnetospheric Configuration And Dynamics, 2756 Planetary Magnetospheres (5443, 5737, 6033), 5737 Magnetospheres (2756)
Scientific paper
Cassini has now been in orbit at Saturn for more than a year, making more than 12 passes through Saturn's magnetosphere. While the apoapses of these orbits have so far remained clustered near dawn and the inclinations have been mostly below about 20 degrees, progress has been made in mapping and understanding various magnetospheric boundaries. For example, initial modeling of the bow shock and magnetopause by Hendricks et al. [GRL, 32, 2005] suggest the magnetosphere is somewhat more inflated than thought from Pioneer- and Voyager-based models. Of perhaps even more interest are internal boundaries within the magnetosphere. These boundaries separate various magnetospheric regions and are less rigorously defined than the external boundaries. In fact, a number of authors have identified different regions based on particular sets of measurements; we review some of these and attempt to integrate these into a scheme of general utility, realizing that ongoing work on interpretation of existing observations and high inclination orbits to come will likely modify any such scheme we may devise this early in Cassini's tour.
Achilleos Nicholas A.
Andre Nicolas
Arridge Christopher S.
Crary Frank J.
Dougherty K. M. K. M.
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