Computer Science
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Dec 1989
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989sci...246.1473n&link_type=abstract
Science (ISSN 0036-8075), vol. 246, Dec. 15, 1989, p. 1473-1478. Research supported by BMFT.
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Bow Waves, Neptune Atmosphere, Planetary Magnetic Fields, Planetary Magnetospheres, Solar Wind, Voyager 2 Spacecraft, Dynamo Theory, Magnetic Dipoles, Magnetopause, Nereid, Polar Cusps, Shock Waves, Supersonic Flow
Scientific paper
The Voyager 2 magnetic field experiment discovered a complex and powerful magnetic field in Neptune, as well as an associated magnetosphere and magnetic tail. As the spacecraft exited the magnetosphere, the magnetic tail appeared to be monopolar. The auroral zones are probably located far from the rotation poles, and may possess complex geometry. The Neptune rings and all its known moons are imbedded deep within the magnetosphere (except for Nereid, which is outside when it lies sunward of the planet); the radiation belts have a complex structure due to the absorption of energetic particles by the moons and rings of Neptune, as well as losses associated with the significant changes in the diurnally varying magnetosphere configuration.
Acuña Mario Humberto
Burlaga Leonard Francis
Connerney John E. P.
Lepping Ronald P.
Ness Norman F.
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