Understanding the global evolution of Saturn's ring current

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Brandt, Pontus C ^a   Paranicas, Chris P ^a   Carbary, James F ^a   Mitchell, Don G ^a   Mauk, Barry H ^a   Krimigis, S M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPACE OPTICS;

CASSINI SPACECRAFT; ENERGETIC NEUTRAL ATOMS; INNER MAGNETOSPHERES; ION AND NEUTRAL CAMERAS; PROTON DISTRIBUTIONS; RING CURRENTS; ROTATIONAL VELOCITIES; SATURN'S RINGS; SIMPLE MODELS; SPIRAL PATTERNS; SPIRAL SHAPES;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

MAGNETOSPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATURN; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 57049187148     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034969     Document Type: Article

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