Physics
Scientific paper
Feb 1989
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989georl..16..215d&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 16, Feb. 1989, p. 215-218.
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Neptune Atmosphere, Planetary Magnetospheres, Satellite Atmospheres, Toroidal Plasmas, Triton, Differential Equations, Nitrogen Plasma, Planetary Evolution, Spaceborne Experiments, Neptune, Satellites, Triton, Plasma Torus, Magnetosphere, Formation, Origin, Sputtering, Evolution, Surface, Atmosphere, Nitrogen, Methane, Gases, Models, Transport, Concentration, Composition, Parameters, Voyager 2 Mission, Pls Instrument
Scientific paper
The possibility of the formation of a plasma torus generated by the satellite Triton in the magnetosphere of Neptune is investigated. A set of coupled differential equations is solved that describe the evolution of material sputtered from the surface of atmosphere of Triton in the conditions likely to exist in an assumed Neptunian magnetosphere for various combinations of nitrogen and methane that may exist on Triton. The model assumes a mechanism for transport that gives upper limits for predicted torus concentrations. It is concluded that a successful detection of plasma by the Voyager Plasma Science instrument may be possible and could be an important source of information about the composition of Triton's surface and atmosphere.
Delitsky Mona L.
Eviatar Aharon
Richardson John D.
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