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Dotini
Jun11-11, 08:10 AM
"NASA is releasing the first images and sounds of an electrical connection between Saturn and one of its moons. The data collected by the agency's Cassini spacecraft enable scientists to improve their understanding of the complex web of interaction between the planet and its numerous moons. The results of the data analysis are published in the journals Nature and Geophysical Research Letters."

http://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2011/04/cassini-probe-sees-electric-link-with.html

Related link:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-03-cassini-enceladus-powerhouse.html

Also related is an older story from Voyager finding an electric current of 5 million amperes detected in the flux tube that flows between Jupiter and Io.
http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/science/jupiter_magnetosphere.html

Respectfully submitted.
Steve