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Variability in Saturn's bow shock and magnetopause from pioneer and voyager: Probabilistic predictions and initial observations by Cassini

Hendricks, S; Neubauer, FM; Dougherty, MK; Achilleos, N; Russell, CT; (2005) Variability in Saturn's bow shock and magnetopause from pioneer and voyager: Probabilistic predictions and initial observations by Cassini. Geophysical Research Letters , 32 (20) , Article L20S08. 10.1029/2005GL022569. Green open access

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Abstract

Probability distributions for the location of the Saturnian bow shock and magnetopause have been derived by extrapolating observations of dynamic solar wind pressures to the position of Saturn's orbit. These observations are those made by the Pioneer 11, Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft near Saturn's orbit and by the Ulysses spacecraft near its aphelion. The magnetopause subsolar distance (measured from Saturn's center) is obtained using pressure equilibrium. The bow shock standoff distance is determined using empirical relations between bow shock size and solar wind dynamic pressure. Simple 2-D geometric models of the magnetopause and bow shock surfaces have been used to determine their morphologies over a large range in local time. Three cases have been studied: (1) An Earth-type magnetosphere with low internal plasma pressure; (2) An intermediate case calibrated with Voyager 1 observations; and (3) A Jupiter-like inflated magnetosphere. The comparison of these models with initial observations from the initial sunward orbits of the Cassini spacecraft indicates a more inflated magnetosphere than postulated by the previous modelling of the Pioneer-Voyager encounters.

Type: Article
Title: Variability in Saturn's bow shock and magnetopause from pioneer and voyager: Probabilistic predictions and initial observations by Cassini
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022569
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2005GL022569
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright 2005 by the American Geophysical Union
UCL classification: UCL
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1350013
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