Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Jun 1980
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980m%26p....22..521s&link_type=abstract
Moon and the Planets, vol. 22, June 1980, p. 521, 522.
Statistics
Computation
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Atmospheric Chemistry, Ionospheric Electron Density, Planetary Ionospheres, Saturn Atmosphere, Saturn Rings, Water, Hydrogen Atoms, Hydroxyl Radicals, Ionic Reactions, Pioneer 11 Space Probe, Radio Occultation
Scientific paper
The abnormally low electron density in the Saturn ionosphere observed at the morning terminator by the Pioneer 11 radio occultation experiment is explained in terms of interactions between the ring system and the ionosphere. It is suggested that water ions produced by reactions of hydroxyl ions sputtered from ice on the surface of ring particles with the dense cloud of hydrogen atoms surrounding the ring system could rapidly combine with ionospheric electrons and decrease the electron density. Numerical computations are presented which confirm that the weak contamination of the Saturn upper atmosphere by hydrogen-oxygen compounds produced by the ring system can efficiently remove electrons from the Saturn ionosphere.
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