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Hyperion strikes back
TheAnt
post Oct 17 2014, 10:55 PM
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An analysis of Cassini data from 2005 have shown that static electricity from Hyperion briefly did strike the space probe with static electricity when it passed the moon at a distance of 2000 km.
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post Oct 18 2014, 09:30 PM
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A flux tube was my first thought, too. But the only flux tube I've heard of around an outer planet's moon (or at least through which the moon travels) is Io's, and that one is generated (AIUI) more than anything else by the sulfur ring caused by Io's volcanoes. I would think Hyperion would have to be venting something with a high dialectric constant for it to have generated a flux tube...

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- TheAnt   Hyperion strikes back   Oct 17 2014, 10:55 PM
- - nprev   So, I guess it's safe to nickname Hyperion ...   Oct 18 2014, 12:41 AM
- - brellis   Was this event entirely random, or was Cassini fly...   Oct 18 2014, 05:31 PM
- - nprev   Hyperion doesn't have an intrinsically generat...   Oct 18 2014, 05:47 PM
- - dvandorn   A flux tube was my first thought, too. But the on...   Oct 18 2014, 09:30 PM
- - nprev   You're probably right (and welcome back, BTW, ...   Oct 18 2014, 10:36 PM
|- - ynyralmaen   All the inactive/airless bodies build up charge. S...   Oct 19 2014, 08:17 PM
|- - dvandorn   QUOTE (nprev @ Oct 18 2014, 04:36 PM) ......   Oct 20 2014, 01:04 AM
- - ngunn   Hey - really good explanation of the situation. ...   Oct 19 2014, 09:24 PM
|- - ynyralmaen   QUOTE (ngunn @ Oct 19 2014, 09:24 PM) I e...   Oct 20 2014, 07:11 AM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (ynyralmaen @ Oct 20 2014, 08:11 AM...   Oct 20 2014, 08:44 PM
|- - ynyralmaen   QUOTE (ngunn @ Oct 20 2014, 08:44 PM) I m...   Oct 21 2014, 05:21 PM
- - TheAnt   Thank you for the explanation ynyralmaen. Spaceco...   Oct 20 2014, 08:30 PM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   QUOTE (TheAnt @ Oct 20 2014, 08:30 PM) Sp...   Oct 20 2014, 10:27 PM

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