Initial Cassini Plasma Observations at Saturn

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Nov 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004dps....36.0205y&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #36, #02.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 36, p.1067

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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The Cassini Plasma Spectrometer (CAPS) measures ion energy and mass composition from 1 eV to 50 keV and electron energy from 1 eV to 28 keV. It thus fills in important gaps in earlier Voyager measurements of energy and, in particular, ion composition. We give an overview of data taken during the first two Cassini orbits, including an overflight of the rings with closest approach of 1.33 Saturn radii and a close flyby of Titan at 1250 km. Several distinct and dynamic plasma regions have been identified, in particular a co-rotating plasmasphere dominated by water group ions between 2.2 14 Saturn radii, and a cold ionosphere of oxygen ions over the rings.

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