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Magnetic connection for Saturn's rings and atmosphereLatitudinal variations in images of Saturn's disk, upper atmospheric temperatures, and ionospheric electron densities are found in magnetic conjugacy with features in Saturn's ring plane. It is proposed that these latitudinal variations are the result of a variable influx of water transported along magnetic field lines from sources in Saturn's ring plane. These features are thus the surface expression of an electromagnetic erosion mechanism which transports water (in the form of high charge-to-mass ratio particles) from the rings to the atmosphere.
Document ID
19870026467
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Connerney, J. E. P.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 1986
Publication Information
Publication: Geophysical Research Letters
Volume: 13
ISSN: 0094-8276
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
87A13741
Distribution Limits
Public
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