Saturn's outer magnetosphere

Details Saturn's outer magnetosphere Saturn's outer magnetosphere

Sep 1983

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983som..rept.....s&link_type=abstract

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Physics

Plasma Physics

Planetary Magnetic Fields, Planetary Magnetospheres, Plasma Physics, Saturn Atmosphere, Space Plasmas, Carbon, Energetic Particles, Hydrogen Ions, Nitrogen, Titan, Toroidal Plasmas, Trapped Particles

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Similarities between the Saturnian and terrestrial outer magnetosphere are examined. Saturn, like Earth, has a fully developed magnetic tail, 80 to 100 RS in diameter. One major difference between the two outer magnetospheres is the hydrogen and nitrogen torus produced by Titan. This plasma is, in general, convected in the corotation direction at nearly the rigid corotation speed. Energies of magnetospheric particles extend to above 500 keV. In contrast, interplanetary protons and ions above 2 MeV have free access to the outer magnetosphere to distances well below the Stormer cutoff. This access presumably occurs through the magnetotail. In addition to the H+, H2+, and H3+ ions primarily of local origin, energetic He, C, N, and O ions are found with solar composition. Their flux can be substantially enhanced over that of interplanetary ions at energies of 0.2 to 0.4 MeV/nuc.

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