Planets' magnetic environments

Journal Article · Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1989 · Sky Telesc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6405388

Lanzerotti, L J; Uberoi, C

The magnetospheres of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and comets and the heliomagnetosphere are examined. The orientations of the planetary spin and magnetic axes, the size of the magnetospheres, and the magnetic properties and the radio emissions of the planets are compared. Results from spacecraft studies of the planets are included. Plans for the Voyager 2 mission and its expected study of the Neptune magnetosphere are considered.

• Research Organization: ATandT Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (USA); Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
• OSTI ID: 6405388
• Journal Information: Sky Telesc.; (United States), Vol. 77
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
JUPITER PLANET
PLANETARY MAGNETOSPHERES
MARS PLANET
MERCURY PLANET
SATURN PLANET
URANUS PLANET
VENUS PLANET
COMETS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
RADIOWAVE RADIATION
SIZE
SPIN
VOYAGER SPACE PROBES
ANGULAR MOMENTUM
ATMOSPHERES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
PARTICLE PROPERTIES
PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES
PLANETS
RADIATIONS
SPACE VEHICLES
VEHICLES
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