As noted earlier Kristian Birkeland, reporting in 1903 on his expeditions to the auroral zone, proposed that magnetic disturbances accompanying the aurora were caused by large electric currents flowing down the length of auroral formations. ... Some scientists disagreed with Birkeland and claimed the electrojets did not connect to space but instead their entire circuit lay inside the ionosphere, like that of other ionospheric currents known at the time, believed to be caused by atmospheric tides. ...
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Titania . Uranus III . Titania [Ty-TAY-ne-ah] is the largest moon of Uranus. ... There are many faults on Titania indicating there has been internal forces molding its surface. ... Zero degrees longitude (the central longitude of the side that is facing Uranus) is at the top. Courtesy A.Tayfun Oner) . ... This crescent orthographic view of Titania is centered at 20 degrees north latitude and 340 degrees longitude. 340 degrees longitude is directed towards the right side of the image. ...