The magnetic memory of Titan's ionized atmosphere

Science

Volumn 321, Issue 5895, 2008, Pages 1475-1478

  Bertucci, C ^a,j   Achilleos, N ^b   Dougherty, M K ^a   Modolo, R ^c   Coates, A J ^b,d   Szego, K ^e   Masters, A ^a   Ma, Y ^f   Neubauer, F M ^g   Garnier, P ^h   Wahlund, J E ^h   Young, D T ⁱ  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^h SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

ⁱ SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j INSTITUTO DE ASTRONOMÍA Y FÍSICA DEL ESPACIO   (Argentina)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SATURN; SOLAR WIND; TITAN;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 51749093976     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1159780     Document Type: Article

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