Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets,

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)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0757064

Entities

People

  • C. F. Kennel

Organizations

  • University of California, Los Angeles

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Convection
  • Magnetosphere
  • Outer Planets
  • Particles
  • Planets
  • Radiation
  • Scaling Laws

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy/Astrophysics
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.