The domination of Saturn’s low-latitude ionosphere by ring ‘rain’

J. O’Donoghue (), T. S. Stallard, H. Melin, G. H. Jones, S. W. H. Cowley, S. Miller, K. H. Baines and J. S. D. Blake
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J. O’Donoghue: University of Leicester
T. S. Stallard: University of Leicester
H. Melin: University of Leicester
G. H. Jones: Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London (UCL), Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6NT, UK
S. W. H. Cowley: University of Leicester
S. Miller: The Centre for Planetary Sciences at University College London/Birkbeck, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
K. H. Baines: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, MS 183-601, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
J. S. D. Blake: University of Leicester

Nature, 2013, vol. 496, issue 7444, 193-195

Abstract: A pattern of features is detected, superposed on Saturn’s low-latitude infrared glow, that implies the transfer of charged species derived from water (ring ‘rain’) from the ring plane to the ionosphere, ultimately leading to the global modulation of upper atmospheric chemistry.

Date: 2013
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