Accession Number:

AD0757064

Title:

Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

CALIFORNIA UNIV LOS ANGELES PLASMA PHYSICS GROUP

Personal Author(s):

• Kennel,C. F.

Report Date:

1972-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

50.0

Abstract:

Scaling laws for possible outer planet magnetospheres are derived. These suggest that convection and its associated auroral effects will play a relatively smaller role than at Earth, and that there is a possibility that they could have significant radiation belts of energetic trapped particles. Author

Descriptors:

• (*PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES
• MAGNETOSPHERE)
• SATURN(PLANET)
• URANUS(PLANET)
• NEPTUNE(PLANET)
• MATHEMATICAL PREDICTION
• SOLAR WIND
• MAGNETIC MOMENTS
• JUPITER(PLANET)
• MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS

Subject Categories:

• Astrophysics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE