Pickup ions at dione and enceladus: Cassini plasma spectrometer simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A1, 2004, Pages

  Sittler, Ed C ^a   Johnson, R E ^b,h   Jurac, S ^c   Richardson, J D ^c   McGrath, M ^d   Crary, F ^e,g   Young, D T ^e,g   Nordholt, J E ^f  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d STScI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Composition; Dione; Enceladus; Icy satellites; Pickup ions

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849139711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009647     Document Type: Article

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