University of Kansas

Cassini Studies

(DRAFT)

A Three-Dimensional MHD Model of Plasma Flow Around Titan

S. A. Ledvina and T. E. Cravens

References

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Cravens, T. E., C. J. Lindgren, and S. A. Ledvina, A two-dimensional multifluid MHD model of Titan's plasma environment, Planet. Space Sci., submitted 1997.

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