Seasonal and Radial Trends in Saturn ’ s Thermal Plasma Between the Main Rings 1 and Enceladus 2 3
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Seasonal variations in Saturn’s plasma between the main rings and Enceladus
[1] With the discovery by the Cassini spacecraft of an oxygen atmosphere over Saturn’s main rings, and a strong source of water products from the plumes of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, our picture of the physics of Saturn’s magnetosphere from the main rings to inside the orbit of Enceladus has changed dramatically. This region contains oxygen ions from the ring atmosphere and water-group ions from ...
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تاریخ انتشار 2013