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Williams et al. 1997
Williams, D.J., Mauk, B.H., McEntire, R.W., Roelof, E.C., Armstrong, T.P., Wilken, B., Roederer, J.G., Krimigis, S.M., Fritz, T.A., Lanzerotti, L.J. and Murphy, N. (1997). Energetic particle signatures at Ganymede: Implications for Ganymede's magnetic field. Geophysical Research Letters 24: doi: 10.1029/97GL01931. issn: 0094-8276.

The second encounter of the Galileo satellite with the Galilean moon Ganymede provided energetic particle measurements showing effects due to the presence of that moon. Jovian corotation signatures, present on approach to and departure from the Ganymede system, suddenly become much smaller when Galileo enters what has been termed Ganymede's magnetosphere. The location of these transitions agrees with magnetopause crossings identified by the magnetometer and plasma wave instruments. In Ganymede's magnetosphere, energetic ion and electron distributions display loss cone signatures whenever the Energetic Particles Detector (EPD) views along the magnetic field line. The loss cone measurements are used to estimate Ganymede's surface magnetic field along the satellite track. The results agree with model projections to Ganymede's polar cap and support the existence of a Ganymede-intrinsic magnetic field. An evolution from single to double loss cone also occurs with increasing electron energy.¿ 1997 American Geophysical Union

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Planetology, Solar System Objects, Jovian satellites, Planetology, Solar System Objects, Jupiter, Planetology, Comets and Small Bodies, Magnetic fields and magnetism
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Geophysical Research Letters
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