Discovery of nitrogen in Saturn's inner magnetosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Smith, H T ^a   Shappirio, M ^b   Sittler, E C ^b   Reisenfeld, D ^c   Johnson, R E ^a   Baragiola, R A ^a   Crary, F J ^d   McComas, D J ^d   Young, D T ^d  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; ORBITS; PLANETS; POSITIVE IONS; SATELLITES; SPECTROMETERS;

CASSINI PLASMA SPECTROMETER; INNER MAGNETOSPHERE; SATURN;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

MAGNETOSPHERE; NITROGEN; SATURN;

EID: 25444477313     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022654     Document Type: Article

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