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Upstream of Saturn and Titan |
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| Authors: | C S Arridge N Andr�� C L Bertucci P Garnier C M Jackman Z N��meth A M Rymer N Sergis K Szego A J Coates F J Crary |
| Institution: | 1. Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Dorking, RH5 6NT, UK 2. The Centre for Planetary Sciences at UCL/Birkbeck, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK 3. CNRS, Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Plan??tologie, 9 avenue du colonel Roche, BP 44346, 31028, Toulouse Cedex 4, France 4. UPS-OMP, Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Plan??tologie, Universit?? de Toulouse, 9 avenue du colonel Roche, 31028, Toulouse, France 5. Instituto de Astronom??a y F??sica del Espacio, Casilla de Correo 67, Sucursal 28, C1428ZAA, Ciudad Aut??noma de Buenos Aires, Argentina 6. Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Box 537, 751 21, Uppsala, Sweden 7. Space and Atmospheric Physics Group, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, UK 8. KFKI Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics, Konkoly Thege str. 29-33, Bldg. III, 1121, Budapest, Hungary 9. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD, 20723-6099, USA 10. Office of Space Research, Academy of Athens, 4 Soranou Efesiou Str, 11527, Athens, Greece 11. Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, P.O. Drawer 28510, San Antonio, TX, 78228-0510, USA |
| Abstract: | The formation of Titan??s induced magnetosphere is a unique and important example in the solar system of a plasma-moon interaction where the moon has a substantial atmosphere. The field and particle conditions upstream of Titan are important in controlling the interaction and also play a strong role in modulating the chemistry of the ionosphere. In this paper we review Titan??s plasma interaction to identify important upstream parameters and review the physics of Saturn??s magnetosphere near Titan??s orbit to highlight how these upstream parameters may vary. We discuss the conditions upstream of Saturn in the solar wind and the conditions found in Saturn??s magnetosheath. Statistical work on Titan??s upstream magnetospheric fields and particles are discussed. Finally, various classification schemes are presented and combined into a single list of Cassini Titan encounter classes which is also used to highlight differences between these classification schemes. |
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