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Numerical Computation of Energy-Dependent Geometric Factors of E and F Electron Detectors of CASSINI/MIMI/LEMMS

 

Technical Report by Xiaodong Hong and Thomas P. Armstrong, May 10, 1997

 

Appendix C Trajectory Drawings

 

The following figures show the trajectories of escaped electrons with different energies from different locations as marked with * in the tables of the escaped electrons in the E and F detectors in Appendix B. We use the first magnetic field simulation.

 

Figure 5.1
Trajectories of escaped electrons for E=20 keV
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Figure 5.2
Trajectories of escaped electrons for E=30 keV.
Figure 5.3
Trajectories of escaped electrons for E=40 keV.
Figure 5.4
Trajectories of escaped electrons for E=50 keV
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Figure 5.5
Trajectories of escaped electrons for E=60 keV
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Figure 5.6
Trajectories of escaped electrons for E=70 keV.
Figure 5.7
Trajectories of escaped electrons for E=80 keV.
Figure 5.8
Trajectories of escaped electrons for E=90 keV.
Figure 5.9
Trajectories of escaped electrons for E=100 keV.
Figure 5.10
Trajectories of escaped electrons for E=200 keV.
Figure 5.11
Trajectories of escaped electrons for E=300 keV
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Figure 5.12
Trajectories of escaped electrons for E=400 keV.
Figure 5.13
Trajectories of escaped electrons for E=500 keV.
Figure 5.14
Trajectories of escaped electrons for E=200 keV.
Figure 5.15
Trajectories of escaped electrons for E=300 keV.
Figure 5.16
Trajectories of escaped electrons for E=400 keV.
Figure 5.17
Trajectories of escaped electrons for E=500 keV.
Figure 5.18
Trajectories of escaped electrons for E=600 keV.
Figure 5.19
Trajectories of escaped electrons for E=700 keV
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Figure 5.20
Trajectories of escaped electrons for E=800 keV
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Figure 5.21
Trajectories of escaped electrons for E=900 keV.
Figure 5.22
Trajectories of escaped electrons for E=1000 keV.
Figure 5.23
Trajectories of escaped electrons for E=1200 keV.
Figure 5.24
Trajectories of escaped electrons for E=1400 keV
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Figure 5.25
Trajectories of escaped electrons for E=2000 keV
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Figure 5.26
Trajectories of escaped electrons for E=3000 keV.

 

 

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Manufacturer: The Cassini spacecraft was manufactured by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the Huygens Probe was manufactured by Thales Alenia Space.

Mission Duration: The Cassini-Huygens mission launched on October 15 1997, and ended on September 15 2017.

Destination: Cassini's destination was Saturn and its moons. The destination of the Huygens Probe's was Saturn's moon Titan.

Orbit: Cassini orbited Saturn for 13 years before diving between its rings and colliding with the planet on September 15th, 2017.