A dynamic, rotating ring current around Saturn

Nature

Volumn 450, Issue 7172, 2007, Pages 1050-1053

  Krimigis, S M ^a,b   Sergis, N ^b   Mitchell, D G ^a   Hamilton, D C ^c   Krupp, N ^d  

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

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; EARTH ROTATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; SATURN;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 37248999528     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06425     Document Type: Article

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