Variations in Ion Composition in Saturn's Magnetosphere and a Comparison with Earth and Jupiter

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May 2005

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American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2005, abstract #SM11A-06

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5737 Magnetospheres (2756), 6275 Saturn

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The Charge-Energy-Mass Spectrometer (CHEMS), one of three sensors comprising the MIMI investigation on Cassini, measures the mass and charge state of ions in the energy per charge range 3--220 keV/e. The suprathermal ion composition determined by CHEMS has been generally consistent during the first four passes through Saturn's magnetosphere. The observed heavy ions are largely water products (O+, OH+, H2O+, and O2+) with a near absence of N+ ions. Nonetheless, both spatial and temporal variations have been observed in the heavy ion composition and in the ratio of heavy to light ions (H+, H2+, He+, and He++). We will discuss those variations and their causes and compare the average composition at Saturn with CHEMS' measurements during the flybys of Earth and Jupiter.

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