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Plasma observations near Uranus - Initial results from Voyager 2The results of observations of the spatial distribution and physical properties of the space plasma near Uranus with instrumentation on board Voyager 2 are described. The data revealed the existence of a magnetosphere that held a warm component with a temperature of 4-50 eV and a peak density of 2 protons/cu cm and a hot component with a temperature of a few electron volts and a density of about 0.1 proton/cu cm. Only the warm component was observed within the L shell. The numerous crossings made of the plasma sheet in the magnetotail were at locations which suggested that the magnetotail has a geometric structure similar to that of the earth magnetotail. Finally, possible sources of the magnetospheric plasma particles are discussed.
Document ID
19860059521
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Bridge, H. S.
(Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Belcher, J. W.
(Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Coppi, B.
(Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Lazarus, A. J.
(Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Mcnutt, R. L., Jr.
(Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Olbert, S.
(MIT Cambridge, MA, United States)
Hartle, R. E.
(Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Ogilvie, K. W.
(Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Sittler, E. C., Jr.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Wolfe, R. S.
(California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
July 4, 1986
Publication Information
Publication: Science
Volume: 233
ISSN: 0036-8075
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
86A44259
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: JPL-953733
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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