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Distribution of neutral gas and dust near Saturn

Nature volume 292, pages 711–714 (1981)Cite this article

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The distribution of neutral gas and dust within the magnetosphere of Saturn has been inferred from the electron velocity distribution functions measured by the Voyager 1 plasma science experiment. Substantial enhancements of neutral material near Titan and in the vicinity of Enceladus are found. The E ring is also shown to be larger than previously thought.

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

    E. C. Sittler Jr & J. D. Scudder

  2. Center for Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, USA

    H. S. Bridge

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Sittler, E., Scudder, J. & Bridge, H. Distribution of neutral gas and dust near Saturn. Nature 292, 711–714 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1038/292711a0

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