Low-energy charged particles in Saturn's magnetosphere - Results from Voyager 1

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Electron Energy, Magnetospheric Electron Density, Planetary Magnetospheres, Saturn Atmosphere, Voyager Project, Electron Distribution, Energy Spectra, Hydrogen, Shock Waves, Trajectory Analysis, Magnetosphere, Radius, Magnetopause, Hydrogen, Saturn, Comparisons, Magnetosheath, Charged Particles, Voyager 1, Ions, Anisotropy, Particles, Spectrum, Energy, Pressure, Density, Composition, Satellites, Dione, Absorption, Nightside, Dayside, Corotation, Amplitude, Distribution, Tethys, Flux, Rhea

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The Voyager 1 low-energy charged particle instrument measured electrons and ions with energies below 26 and 40 kiloelectron volts, respectively, in the Saturn magnetosphere. Spectra of all ion species were found to have an energy cutoff at levels greater than 2 million electron volts. In contrast to the magnetospheres of Jupiter and earth, there are no lobe regions essentially devoid of particles in Saturn's nighttime magnetosphere. One novel feature of the Saturn magnetosphere is a pervasive population of energetic molecular hydrogen.

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