Magnetospheric Plasma Effects on the Icy Satellites

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Dec 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011agufm.p14b..03j&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2011, abstract #P14B-03

Physics

[6218] Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects / Jovian Satellites, [6280] Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects / Saturnian Satellites

Scientific paper

The effect of magnetospheric plasma bombardment on the icy satellites is reviewed. Suggested effects range from the production and stripping of an atmosphere to modification of the chemistry and thermal properties of the surface. There has been speculation on the role of the incident plasma particles beginning with early ground based observation of leading trailing differences on the icy Jovian satellites through to the recent Cassini discoveries of the leading hemisphere features on Mimas and Tethys and the O2/CO2 atmosphere on Rhea. Here the role of the plasma in removing and producing atmosphere on the icy satellites will be discussed, as well as the physical and chemical effects of the plasma on the surface for the various particle types and energies. The latter will be related to recent observations, which sample the surface over a range of penetration depths.

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