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Planetary Magnetospheres

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Two decades of in situ planetary exploration with fly-by missions have revealed a rich variety of magnetospheric configurations and dynamical phenomena, some anticipated and some remarkably surprising. These discoveries have set the stage for further exploration of planetary magnetospheres by orbiting spacecraft.

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  1. Space Sciences Department, Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratories, Palo Alto, California, USA, 94304

    Michael Schulz

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    Michael F. A’Hearn

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    Pamela Solomon

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Schulz, M. (1995). Planetary Magnetospheres. In: Chahine, M.T., A’Hearn, M.F., Rahe, J., Solomon, P., Nickle, N.L. (eds) Comparative Planetology with an Earth Perspective. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1092-3_16

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