Physics
Scientific paper
Oct 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008georl..3520105s&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 35, Issue 20, CiteID L20105
Physics
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Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects: Saturnian Satellites, Planetary Sciences: Comets And Small Bodies: Magnetic Fields And Magnetism, Planetary Sciences: Comets And Small Bodies: Atmospheres (1060), Planetary Sciences: Comets And Small Bodies: Ionospheres (2459)
Scientific paper
Time variability of Enceladus' gas plume is deduced from a joint investigation of Cassini spacecraft magnetic field data obtained during the first three flybys E0, E1 and E2 and neutral density measurements during the E2 flyby with a model that describes Enceladus' plasma interaction with individual jets. We infer a total plume content of ~7 × 1032 H2O molecules corresponding to a mass loss rate of ~1600 kg/s for the E0 flyby and ~9 × 1031 H2O molecules corresponding to a mass loss of ~200 kg/s for the E1 and E2 flybys. The magnetic field measurements also support upstream/downstream changes of the plume activity locations. On the first three Enceladus flybys Cassini did not fly through the densest parts of the plumes, which were a factor of 10-100 times higher at the same altitudes.
Dougherty K. M. K. M.
Neubauer Fritz Manfred
Pappalardo Robert T.
Russell Christopher T.
Saur Joachim
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