Plasma interaction of Titan with the Saturnian magnetosphere: a review of critical issues.
Abstract
The Cassini mission to the Saturnian system and Titan will provide many far-reaching results pertinent to the origin and evolution of Titan's atmosphere and the plasma interactions with the planetary magnetosphere and solar wind. Several critical issues related to (1) the global magnetospheric signatures of Titan's ionosphere, (2) the corresponding mass-loading effect, (3) the ionospheric magnetic field configuration, (4) the ionospheric structures and ion composition, and (5) the formation of an atomic nitrogen torus in the Saturnian system, are reviewed.
- Publication:
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Symposium on Titan
- Pub Date:
- April 1992
- Bibcode:
- 1992ESASP.338..243I
- Keywords:
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- Magnetohydrodynamics;
- Planetary Ionospheres;
- Planetary Magnetospheres;
- Plasma Interactions;
- Satellite Atmospheres;
- Saturn (Planet);
- Saturn Atmosphere;
- Titan;
- Atmospheric Composition;
- Cassini Mission;
- Exosphere;
- Planetary Magnetic Fields;
- Plasma Composition;
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration