OUR INTERCONNECTED PLANET

OUR INTERCONNECTED PLANET

After a 20 year mission, the probe known as Cassini, will take a victory lap and on its final orbit, plunge into Saturn’s atmosphere, sending back new and unique data to the very end including valuable insights into Saturn’s weather.
Dr.
Peter Delamere is a Professor of Space Physics at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
His research focuses on comparative magnetospheric physics with an emphasis on the numerical simulation of space plasmas using hybrid (kinetic ion, fluid electron) and multi-fluid techniques.
Dr.
Delamere has studied the solar wind interaction with the giant magnetospheres of Jupiter and Saturn, comets, Pluto, and the plasma interaction at Io.
In addition, he has developed models to study the flow of mass and energy through the inner magnetospheres of Jupiter and Saturn to study the internally-driven dynamics of these systems.
As part of celebrating this event with the scientific community, we caught up with Dr.
Delamere and asked him to share his insights.

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