title: Identification of a dynamic atmosphere at Enceladus with the Cassini magnetometer.
abstract: The Cassini magnetometer has detected the interaction of the magnetospheric plasma of Saturn with an atmospheric plume at the icy moon Enceladus. This unanticipated finding, made on a distant flyby, was subsequently confirmed during two follow-on flybys, one very close to Enceladus. The magnetometer data are consistent with local outgassing activity via a plume from the surface of the moon near its south pole, as confirmed by other Cassini instruments.
authors.affiliation: Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK. m.dougherty@imperial.ac.uk
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Dougherty
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Khurana
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Neubauer
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Saur
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Leisner
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Burton
mesh_terms: D001272:Atmosphere; D005118:Extraterrestrial Environment; D008280:Magnetics; D018539:Saturn; D018531:Spacecraft