Titan's near magnetotail from magnetic field and electron plasma observations and modeling: Cassini flybys TA, TB, and T3

[1] The first close Titan encounters TA, TB, and T3 of the Cassini mission at almost the same Saturnian local time � 1030 and in the same spatial region downstream of Titan have enabled us to study the formation of the tail of its induced magnetosphere. The study is based on magnetic field and electron plasma observations as well as threedimensional modeling. Our most important findings are the following: (1) No crossings of a bow shock of Titan were observed, and all encounters occurred at high plasma b > 1 for

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