Abstract
During select time periods in orbit about Saturn, Cassini's Ion and Neutral Camera (INCA) has detected a periodic global ENA signal. Images taken during such periods reveal the presence of a rotating source component in addition to a steady-state component; both components have peak brightness in the midnight sector, when viewed from near dawn. We present a model that synthesizes some of the basic features of the data and gives good agreement with the integrated signal. Both components, as well as the Compton-Getting effect whose importance was previously unrecognized in ENA imaging, are needed to explain some aspects of the data. Copyright 2005 by the American Geophysical Union.
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Paranicas, C., Mitchell, D. G., Roelof, E. C., Brandt, P. C., Williams, D. J., Krimigis, S. M., & Mauk, B. H. (2005). Periodic intensity variations in global ENA images of Saturn. Geophysical Research Letters, 32(21), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1029/2005GL023656
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