Cassini's First Distant and Close Encounters With Titan: Initial Analysis From CAPS

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7807 Charged Particle Motion And Acceleration, 6280 Saturnian Satellites, 2459 Planetary Ionospheres (5435, 5729, 6026, 6027, 6028), 2756 Planetary Magnetospheres (5443, 5737, 6030)

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Cassini performed a distant Titan flyby (T0) at ~330,000 km on 2 July 2004, and a much closer flyby at ~1200 km (TA) is anticipated on 26 October 2004. We present an initial analysis of CAPS data during the two flybys. For the T0 flyby, some of the data are consistent with the passage of the spacecraft near Titan's magnetic flux tube. We examine the evidence and conditions which may have caused this to occur. For the TA encounter, assuming that Titan is in Saturn's magnetosphere at the time, the spacecraft should provide close wake and ionospheric sampling in addition to more distant signs of the interaction. If Titan is in the magnetosheath, a more cometary interaction will occur with a quite different geometry. We present aspects of the first results, in particular concentrating on the structure of the interaction region and on the input of energy into Titan's atmosphere via electron heating.

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