Trapped electrons in Ganymede's magnetic field

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 2953-2956

  Williams, D J ^a,b   Mauk, B ^a,b   McEntire, R W ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETISM; MOON; NASA; ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PLASMA FLOW;

CHARACTERISTIC SIGNATURE; ENERGETIC ELECTRON; ENERGETIC PARTICLES; GALILEO SATELLITES; HIGH LATITUDES; MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD LINE; TRAPPED ELECTRONS;

MAGNETIC FIELDS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

ELECTRON INJECTION; GANYMEDE;

EID: 0031351702     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03003     Document Type: Article

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