Physics
Scientific paper
Nov 1980
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980jgr....85.5835j&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 85, Nov. 1, 1980, p. 5835-5840.
Physics
Magnetic Signatures, Pioneer 11 Space Probe, Satellite Atmospheres, Saturn Atmosphere, Titan, Current Sheets, Earth Magnetosphere, Plasma Interactions, Plasma Sheaths, Shock Wave Interaction, Saturn, Satellites, Pioneer 11, Observations, Titan, Characteristics, Magnetic Fields, Magnetosphere, Data, Shock, Waves, Plasmas, Mass, Corotation, Density, Models, Comparisons, Magnetosheath, Diagrams, Geometry
Scientific paper
The paper deals with measurements of the magnetic field along the outbound leg of Pioneer's trajectory at Saturn, which suggest that the spacecraft may have passed through the magnetic wake of Titan at a distance of 145 Titan radii downstream from Titan. The data obtained over a period of several hours around the crossing of Titan's L shell exhibit a number of characteristics which are qualitatively consistent with predictions based on theories of the interaction between a supersonic magnetized plasma and a conducting or magnetized planetary body. In addition, values of the plasma mass density derived from the interaction geometry are consistent with an upper limit inferred from in situ plasma measurements obtained during the outbound leg of Pioneer's trajectory.
Jones Erica D.
Smith Edward. J.
Sonett Charles P.
Tsurutani Bruce T.
Walker Ray J.
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