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Scientific paper
Dec 1982
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982masu.rept.....s&link_type=abstract
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Bow Waves, Planetary Magnetospheres, Saturn (Planet), Dione, Magnetic Dipoles, Magnetic Moments, Plasma Interactions, Tethys, Titan
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The Pioneer 11, Voyagers 1 and 2 encounters with Saturn provided a wealth of information about its complex magnetosphere. The magnetic dipole moment of Saturn is rotationally aligned and only one-fifth of that expected from pre-encounter modeling. The satellites Titan, Dione and Tethys are probably the primary sources of magnetospheric plasma. Outside of ≡4 RS, energetic particles are energized by diffusing inward while conserving their first and second adiabatic invariants. Particles are lost by satellite sweep-out, absorption by the E ring and probably also by plasma interactions, which produce a slot region between 4 and 9 RS. The inner magnetosphere is characterized by a cold plasma population (<10 eV/charge). Intense penetrating radiation exists in the inner magnetosphere from 4 RS to 2.265 RS, which coincides with the outer edge of the A ring. Submicron charged dust grains constitute a new type of magnetospheric particle and their properties may explain the evolution of the B ring spokes and other B ring features.
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