Tethys and Dione as sources of outward-flowing plasma in Saturn's magnetosphere

Nature

Volumn 447, Issue 7146, 2007, Pages 833-835

  Burch, J L ^a   Goldstein, J ^a   Lewis, W S ^a   Young, D T ^a   Coates, A J ^b   Dougherty, M K ^c   Andre N ^d  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JUPITER; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY SATELLITE; PLASMA; SATURN;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CENTRIFUGATION; DIONE; ELECTRON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MOON; ORBIT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETHYS; VELOCITY;

EID: 34250354004     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05906     Document Type: Article

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