Enceladus: The likely dominant nitrogen source in Saturn's magnetosphere

Icarus

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 356-366

  Smith, H T ^d   Johnson, R E ^a   Sittler, E C ^b   Shappirio, M ^b   Reisenfeld, D ^c   Tucker, O J ^a   Burger, M ^b   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

Enceladus; magnetosphere; Satellites; Saturn; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247855967     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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