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The Magnetic Memory of Titan's Ionized Atmosphere

Published:2008-09-12 Issue:5895 Volume:321 Page:1475-1478
ISSN:0036-8075
Container-title:Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Science

Author:

Bertucci C.¹²³⁴⁵,Achilleos N.¹²³⁴⁵,Dougherty M. K.¹²³⁴⁵,Modolo R.¹²³⁴⁵,Coates A. J.¹²³⁴⁵,Szego K.¹²³⁴⁵,Masters A.¹²³⁴⁵,Ma Y.¹²³⁴⁵,Neubauer F. M.¹²³⁴⁵,Garnier P.¹²³⁴⁵,Wahlund J.-E.¹²³⁴⁵,Young D. T.¹²³⁴⁵

Affiliation:

1. Space and Atmospheric Physics Group, Imperial College London, The Blackett Laboratory, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK.

2. Atmospheric Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.

3. Centre for Planetary Sciences, University College London, UK.

4. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, 613 Van Allen Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242–1479, USA.

5. Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6NT, UK.

Abstract

After 3 years and 31 close flybys of Titan by the Cassini Orbiter, Titan was finally observed in the shocked solar wind, outside of Saturn's magnetosphere. These observations revealed that Titan's flow-induced magnetosphere was populated by “fossil” fields originating from Saturn, to which the satellite was exposed before its excursion through the magnetopause. In addition, strong magnetic shear observed at the edge of Titan's induced magnetosphere suggests that reconnection may have been involved in the replacement of the fossil fields by the interplanetary magnetic field.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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