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Bertucci, C.; Hamilton, D.C.; Kurth, W.S.; Hospodarsky, G.; Mitchell, D.; Sergis, N.; Edberg, N.J.T.; Dougherty, M.K. "Titan's interaction with the supersonic solar wind" (2015) Geophysical Research Letters. 42(2):193-200
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Abstract:

After 9 years in the Saturn system, the Cassini spacecraft finally observed Titan in the supersonic and super-Alfvénic solar wind. These unique observations reveal that Titan's interaction with the solar wind is in many ways similar to unmagnetized planets Mars and Venus and active comets in spite of the differences in the properties of the solar plasma in the outer solar system. In particular, Cassini detected a collisionless, supercritical bow shock and a well-defined induced magnetosphere filled with mass-loaded interplanetary magnetic field lines, which drape around Titan's ionosphere. Although the flyby altitude may not allow the detection of an ionopause, Cassini reports enhancements of plasma density compatible with plasma clouds or streamers in the flanks of its induced magnetosphere or due to an expansion of the induced magnetosphere. Because of the upstream conditions, these observations may be also relevant to other bodies in the outer solar system such as Pluto, where kinetic processes are expected to dominate. © 2015. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Titan's interaction with the supersonic solar wind
Autor:Bertucci, C.; Hamilton, D.C.; Kurth, W.S.; Hospodarsky, G.; Mitchell, D.; Sergis, N.; Edberg, N.J.T.; Dougherty, M.K.
Filiación:Instituto de Astronomía y Física Del Espacio (CONICET/UBA), Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Physics Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
Office for Space Research, Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece
Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Uppsala, Sweden
Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Palabras clave:Mars; solar wind; Titan; Venus; Interplanetary flight; Ionosphere; Magnetosphere; Planets; Plasma density; Solar wind; Cassini spacecraft; Induced magnetospheres; Interplanetary magnetic fields; Mars; Outer solar system; Titan; Upstream conditions; Venus; Solar system; collision; comet; magnetic field; magnetosphere; planetary atmosphere; Saturn; solar wind; Titan
Año:2015
Volumen:42
Número:2
Página de inicio:193
Página de fin:200
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014GL062106
Título revista:Geophysical Research Letters
Título revista abreviado:Geophys. Res. Lett.
ISSN:00948276
CODEN:GPRLA
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00948276_v42_n2_p193_Bertucci

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Bertucci, C., Hamilton, D.C., Kurth, W.S., Hospodarsky, G., Mitchell, D., Sergis, N., Edberg, N.J.T.,..., Dougherty, M.K. (2015) . Titan's interaction with the supersonic solar wind. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(2), 193-200.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014GL062106
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Bertucci, C., Hamilton, D.C., Kurth, W.S., Hospodarsky, G., Mitchell, D., Sergis, N., et al. "Titan's interaction with the supersonic solar wind" . Geophysical Research Letters 42, no. 2 (2015) : 193-200.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014GL062106
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Bertucci, C., Hamilton, D.C., Kurth, W.S., Hospodarsky, G., Mitchell, D., Sergis, N., et al. "Titan's interaction with the supersonic solar wind" . Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 42, no. 2, 2015, pp. 193-200.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014GL062106
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Bertucci, C., Hamilton, D.C., Kurth, W.S., Hospodarsky, G., Mitchell, D., Sergis, N., et al. Titan's interaction with the supersonic solar wind. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2015;42(2):193-200.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014GL062106