Hot plasma and energetic particles in Neptune's magnetosphere

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Dec 1989

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989sci...246.1483k&link_type=abstract

Science (ISSN 0036-8075), vol. 246, Dec. 15, 1989, p. 1483-1489. Research supported by NASA.

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Charged Particles, Energetic Particles, High Temperature Plasmas, Neptune Atmosphere, Planetary Magnetospheres, Voyager 2 Spacecraft, Energy Spectra, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Polar Cusps, Polar Regions, Satellite Orbits

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Voyager 2's low energy charged particle instrument employed an array of solid-state detectors in various configurations to measure energetic electrons and ions within the Neptune magnetosphere in several energy channels. Various features of the intensity, spectral, and anisotropic data obtained suggest that the Triton satellite exerts an important controlling influence over the outer regions of the Neptunian magnetosphere. Composition measurements have indicated the presence of H, H2, and He-4 at 1300:1:0.1 relative abundances, respectively, suggesting a Neptunian ionospheric source for the trapped particle population.

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