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Structure of Titan's low altitude ionized layer from the Relaxation Probe onboard HUYGENS

Berthelier, J. J.; Rodrigo, R.; López-Moreno, J. J. +14 more

Some of the secrets of the atmosphere of Titan have been unveiled by the Huygens Probe. The Permitivity Wave and Altimetry system detected a hidden ionosphere much below the main ionosphere, that lies between 600 and 2000 km. Theoretical models predicted a low altitude ionosphere produced by cosmic rays that, contrary to magnetospheric particles a…