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Saturn's mixed magnetosphere

When interplanetary shock waves hit the Cassini spacecraft and then Saturn in January 2004, it presented a unique opportunity to study the planet's magnetosphere and to compare it with that of Earth.

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Figure 1: Saturn's magnetosphere.

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Bagenal, F. Saturn's mixed magnetosphere. Nature 433, 695–696 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/433695a

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