Can Cassini magnetic field measurements be used to find the rotation period of Saturn's interior?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Sterenborg, M Glenn ^a   Bloxham, Jeremy ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXISYMMETRIC; CASSINI; MAGNETIC FIELD MODELS; ROTATION PERIOD;

CHANNEL CAPACITY; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; ROTATION;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

MAGNETIC FIELD; PLANETARY ROTATION; PLANETARY SATELLITE; SATURN;

EID: 77953576868     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043250     Document Type: Article

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