Published August 20, 1981 | Version v1
Journal article Metadata-only

Saturn's ring current and inner magnetosphere

Creators

  • 1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Greenbelt, MD (USA). Goddard Space Flight Center

Description

The Voyager 1 magnetic field observations at Saturn reveal an equatorial system of (eastward) azimuthal currents, very similar in certain respects to that responsible for the jovian magnetodisk. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nature (London)
Journal Volume
292
Journal Issue
5825
Series
Nature (London).
Journal Page Range
724-726
ISSN
0028-0836

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
12633937
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
AXIAL SYMMETRY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; LATITUDE EFFECT; MAGNETIC DIPOLES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; PLANETARY MAGNETOSPHERES; RING CURRENTS; SATURN PLANET; VOYAGER SPACE PROBES
Descriptors DEC
ATMOSPHERES; CURRENTS; DATA; DIPOLES; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; INFORMATION; MULTIPOLES; NUMERICAL DATA; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES; PLANETS; SPACE VEHICLES; SYMMETRY