Imaging the interaction of the heliosphere with the interstellar medium from saturn with cassini

Science

Volumn 326, Issue 5955, 2009, Pages 971-973

  Krimigis, S M ^a,b   Mitchell, D G ^a   Roelof, E C ^a   Hsieh, K C ^c   McComas, D J ^d,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTON;

ELECTRON; MAGNETIC FIELD; SATURN; SOLAR WIND; THERMAL REGIME;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATOM; CASSINI; ENERGETIC NEUTRAL ATOM; HELIOSPHERE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 72449206062     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1181079     Document Type: Article

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