Interplanetary conditions and magnetospheric dynamics during the Cassini orbit insertion fly-through of Saturn's magnetosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A10, 2005, Pages

  Jackman, C M ^a   Achilleos, N ^b   Bunce, E J ^a   Cecconi, B ^c   Clarke, J T ^d   Cowley, S W H ^a   Kurth, W S ^c   Zarka, P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d Boston University   (United States)

^e OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

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EID: 27744526100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011054     Document Type: Article

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