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Saturn's magnetic tail: structure and dynamics

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Voyager 1 magnetic field observations have provided evidence of a saturnian magnetic tail. Tail current system distributions are inferred through comparison of the observations with a realistic magnetotail current system model. Temporal variations observed in the tail were probably produced by solar wind variations.

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  1. Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771, USA

    K. W. Behannon, J. E. P. Connerney & N. F. Ness

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Behannon, K., Connerney, J. & Ness, N. Saturn's magnetic tail: structure and dynamics. Nature 292, 753–755 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1038/292753a0

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