Tails of three planets

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Dec 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006agufmsm21e..01h&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2006, abstract #SM21E-01

Physics

2744 Magnetotail, 2756 Planetary Magnetospheres (5443, 5737, 6033), 2764 Plasma Sheet, 5737 Magnetospheres (2756)

Scientific paper

I will compare and contrast, from a theorist's point of view, the observed magnetotails of Earth, Jupiter, and Saturn. I will focus on the primary difference, and the primary similarity, from this theorist's point of view. The primary difference is that the dynamics (and indeed the existence) of Earth's magnetotail is attributable to the solar-wind magnetosphere interaction, enabled by day side reconnection between the planetary magnetic field and the solar-wind magnetic field, while the dynamics (and perhaps the existence) of the magnetotails of Jupiter and Saturn are attributable to the rotational instability of plasma from interior (satellite and/or ring) sources. In spite of this difference of driving mechanisms, all three magnetotails exhibit similar observational signatures, including plasmoid formation and the associated particle acceleration and tailward flow.

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