报告了卡西尼号前七个轨道期间，低能磁层测量系统(LEMMS)在提坦附近的微特征观测。提坦因其体积大而产生强烈的微特征。较浅的吸收特征是提坦古老微特征的结果，而非其小型拉格朗日卫星的影响。观测到的微特征位移表明磁层的径向漂移偏离轴对称比预期更大，可能揭示磁层内的对流效应。首次观察到的双重微特征暗示低扩散率，并指向磁层内的动态事件。
摘要：
We report on low energy electron microsignature observations by the Low Energy Magnetospheric Measurement System (LEMMS) in the vicinity of Tethys's L-shell, during the first seven orbits of the Cassini mission. Tethys, due to its large size, is the source of strong microsignatures. Shallower absorption features seen are the result of aged Tethys microsignatures rather than the effect of its small Lagrangian moons. Several remarkable observations are also discussed: the displacement of the microsignatures indicates that the drift shell deviation from axisymmetry is greater than previously expected. Midnight to dawn wakes have drifted toward the planet whereas noon to dusk ones have drifted outward, revealing possible magnetospheric convection effects. Double microsignatures seen for the first time, suggest low radial diffusion coefficients and point to dynamic events in the magnetosphere.
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