Venus has intrigued planetary scientists for decades because of its huge contrasts to Earth,
in spite of its nickname of “Earth's Twin”. Its invisible upper atmosphere and space …

This article summarizes and aims at comparing the main features of the induced
magnetospheres of Mars, Venus and Titan. All three objects form a well-defined induced …

The interaction between magnetized space plasmas and obstacles like comets, asteroids or
planets is determined by a variety of physical processes that occur simultaneously on …

When the solar wind interacts with the ionosphere of an unmagnetized planet, it induces
currents that form an induced magnetosphere. These currents and their associated magnetic …

The upper atmospheres of unmagnetized solar system bodies interact more directly with
their local plasma environment than their counterparts on magnetized bodies such as Earth …

We analyse combined electron spectra across the dynamic range of both Cassini electron
sensors in order to characterise the background plasma environment near Titan for 54 …

The Cassini‐Huygens mission has been observing Titan since October 2004, resulting in
over 70 targeted flybys. Titan's thermosphere is sampled by the Ion and Neutral Mass …

The Line Emission Mapper (LEM) is a Probe mission concept developed in response to
NASA's Astrophysics Probe Explorer (APEX) Announcement of Opportunity. LEM has a …

We present observational evidence that the ionosphere of Titan below an altitude of 1150km
is a significant source of heavy (> 100amu) molecular organic species. This study is based …

The detection of heavy negative ions (up to 13 800 amu) in Titan's ionosphere is one of the
tantalizing new results from the Cassini mission. These heavy ions indicate for the first time …