The Interaction of Rhea with Saturn's Magnetosphere

Details The Interaction of Rhea with Saturn's Magnetosphere The Interaction of Rhea with Saturn's Magnetosphere

Dec 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006agufm.p51f..06k&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2006, abstract #P51F-06

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2720 Energetic Particles: Trapped, 2732 Magnetosphere Interactions With Satellites And Rings, 2756 Planetary Magnetospheres (5443, 5737, 6033), 5737 Magnetospheres (2756), 6280 Saturnian Satellites

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On November 26th, 2005, Cassini passed within 500 km of the surface of Saturn's 1500 km-wide moon Rhea. Observations by the spacecraft's MIMI-LEMMS detector indicate the presence of a region of interaction between this icy satellite and Saturn's magnetospheric plasma. The interaction region's signature differs in some respects from those observed at the other icy moons. Aided by data from other Cassini instruments, we present our interpretation of the processes occurring in Rhea's vicinity. The relative strengths and importance of dust, neutral gas, and ions to the formation of the interaction signature are assessed, as are the underlying processes that lead to these media occupying the region surrounding the body.

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