Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009agufm.p11b1230b&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #P11B-1230
Physics
[2732] Magnetospheric Physics / Magnetosphere Interactions With Satellites And Rings, [2780] Magnetospheric Physics / Solar Wind Interactions With Unmagnetized Bodies, [5421] Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets / Interactions With Particles And Fields, [6281] Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects / Titan
Scientific paper
Over the last 5 years, Cassini magnetic field and plasma observations in the vicinity of Titan have revealed that the properties of the moon’s plasma environment are strongly influenced by the dynamics of Saturn’s equatorial magnetodisk. As the magnetodisk flaps past Titan’s orbit in response to changes in solar wind dynamic pressure and Saturn kilometric radiation phase, the pressure inventory of the flow ahead of the moon varies with implications on its atmopsheric escape. In this work we identify some basic properties of Titan’s induced magnetosphere (size, shape) and, in sectors where upstream conditions are less variable, we compare the importance of the different pressure terms (magnetic, dynamic, thermal) at different altitudes to study the pressure balance.
Bertucci Cesar
Dougherty K. M. K. M.
Krimigis Stamatios M.
Kurth Willaim S.
Modolo Ronan
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