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A Revised Sensitivity Model for Cassini INMS: Results at Titan

Young, D. T.; Waite, J. H.; Yelle, R. V. +15 more

Cassini Ion Neutral Mass Spectrometer (INMS) measurements from roughly a hundred Titan encounters over the Cassini mission yield neutral and ion densities systematically lower, by factors approximately 2 to 3, than estimates from several other spacecraft systems, including the Attitude and Articulation Control System, and Navigation system. In thi…