Micrometeorite erosion of the man rings as a source of plasma in the inner Saturnian plasma torus

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Sep 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991icar...93...45p&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 93, Sept. 1991, p. 45-52.

Physics

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Erosion, Icy Satellites, Meteorite Collisions, Micrometeorites, Saturn Rings, Space Plasmas, Heavy Ions, Magnetospheric Ion Density, Planetary Magnetospheres, Saturn Atmosphere, Water

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Micrometeorite bombardment is presently suggested to be a source of water molecules and molecular ions in the region between the outer edge of the main rings of Saturn and Encedalus, adding to those neutrals and plasma that are generated by the sputtering of icy satellites. In view of uncertainties concerning the magnitude and distribution of the ring source, an examination is conducted of limiting cases. The implications of such cases for the Cassini division are calculated, and a discussion of their possible relevance to the region's neutral and plasma cloud is presented.

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