Low-energy electron measurements at Ganymede with the Galileo spacecraft: Probes of the magnetic topology

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 2159-2162

  Frank, L A ^a   Paterson, W R ^a   Ackerson, K L ^a   Bolton, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; SPACE PROBES;

GANYMEDE; PITCH ANGLE DISTRIBUTIONS; THERMAL ELECTRON PLASMAS;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

EID: 0031236171     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01632     Document Type: Article

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