The low energy plasma in the Uranian magnetosphere

R. L. McNutt; F. Bagenal; J. Belcher; H. Bridge; A. Eviatar; C. Goertz; A. J. Lazarus; K. Ogilvie; J. Richardson; M. Sands; R. Selesnick; G. Siscoe; E. Sittler; V. M. Vasyliunas

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The low energy plasma in the Uranian magnetosphere

R. L. McNutt^*, F. Bagenal, J. Belcher, H. Bridge, A. Eviatar, C. Goertz, A. J. Lazarus, K. Ogilvie, J. Richardson, M. Sands, R. Selesnick, G. Siscoe, E. Sittler, V. M. Vasyliunas

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The Plasma Science experiment on Voyager 2 detected a magnetosphere filled with a tenuous plasma, rotating with the planet. Temperatures of the plasma, composed of protons and electrons, ranged from 10 eV to ∼1 keV. The sources of these protons and electrons are probably the ionosphere of Uranus or the extended neutral hydrogen cloud surrounding the planet. As at Earth, Jupiter, and Saturn, there is an extended magnetotail with a central plasma sheet. Although similar in global structure to the magnetospheres of these planets, the large angle between the rotation and magnetic axes of the planet and the orientation of the rotation axis with respect to the solar wind flow make the Uranian magnetosphere unique.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	237-241
Number of pages	5
Journal	Advances in Space Research
Volume	7
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0273-1177(87)90224-9
State	Published - 1987

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