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Observations of Energetic Ions and Electrons in Saturn's Magnetosphere | | J H Trainor
; F B McDonald
; A W Schardt
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25 Jan 1980 | | Journal: | Science, 207 (4429), 421-425 | | Abstract: | The passage of Pioneer 11 by Saturn provided a detailed view of a planetary magnetosphere that is intermediate between those of Jupiter and Earth in both scale and the complexity of its dynamic processes. It appears to have at least three distinct regions: (i) an outer magnetosphere, extending from 17 to 7.5 Saturn radii, that resembles that of Earth in many important aspects; (ii) a slot region, between 7.5 and 4 Saturn radii, where a marked decrease in all protons and low-energy electrons is observed; and (iii) an inner region, extending from 4 Saturn radii to the ring edge, that features a sharp increase in the proton flux extending to energies greater than 20 million electron volts. A cutoff of both proton and electron fluxes occurred just beyond the nominal edge of the A ring. | | Source: | PubMed, pmid17833552 doi: 10.1126/science.207.4429.421 | | Services: | Forum | Review | Favorites | |
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