Statistical study of Saturn's auroral electron properties with Cassini/UVIS FUV spectral images

Icarus - Tập 284 - Trang 264-283 - 2017
J. Gustin1, D. Grodent1, A. Radioti1, W. Pryor2, L. Lamy3, J. Ajello4
1Space Science, Technologies and Astrophysics Research (STAR) Institute, Liège, Belgium
2Central Arizona College, 8470 N. Overfield Rd., 85228 Coolidge, AZ, USA
3LESIA-Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, 92195 Meudon, France
4LASP, University of Colorado, 80303 Boulder, CO, USA

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