NASA Logo

NTRS

NTRS - NASA Technical Reports Server

Back to Results
The magnetosphere of Neptune - Hot plasmas and energetic particlesAn overview is presented of the hot plasmas and energetic (not less than 20 keV) particles observed in the vicinity of Neptune by the Low Energy Charged Particle (LECP) experiment aboard the Voyager 2 spacecraft. The LECP findings are presented on the shock, the magnetosheath, the magnetopause, and the cusp of the Neptune's magnetosphere; the middle magnetosphere; the inner magnetosphere and material interactions; the magnetotail and the substorms; and the characteristics of Triton's plasma. It is shown that, in sharp contrast to the Uranian magnetotail, the Neptunian magnetotail shows no evidence of substorm processes.
Document ID
19920029289
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Mauk, B. H.
(Johns Hopkins Univ. Laurel, MD, United States)
Keath, E. P.
(Johns Hopkins Univ. Laurel, MD, United States)
Kane, M.
(Johns Hopkins Univ. Laurel, MD, United States)
Krimigis, M.
(Johns Hopkins Univ. Laurel, MD, United States)
Cheng, A. F.
(Johns Hopkins University Laurel, MD, United States)
Acuna, M. H.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Armstrong, T. P.
(Kansas, University Lawrence, United States)
Ness, N. F.
(Bartol Research Institute Newark, DE, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
October 30, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research Supplement
Volume: 96
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
92A11913
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: N00039-89-C-0001
CONTRACT_GRANT: JPL-957921
CONTRACT_GRANT: N00039-89-C-5301
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-2433
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

Available Downloads

There are no available downloads for this record.
No Preview Available