Physics
Scientific paper
May 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004agusmsm51a..04p&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2004, abstract #SM51A-04
Physics
2732 Magnetosphere Interactions With Satellites And Rings, 2756 Planetary Magnetospheres (5443, 5737, 6030), 5737 Magnetospheres (2756)
Scientific paper
Multi-fluid simulations in 3D were performed of Ganymede to gain further understanding of its near space environment and the dynamics resulting from interactions between Ganymede's magnetosphere and ionosphere and Jupiter's corotational plasmasphere. This study incorporates the effects of different local orientations of Jupiter's magnetosphere as well as different incident plasma densities on the location and amount of flux into Ganymede's ionosphere. It is shown that the location of penetration of Jupiter's magnetospheric plasma is effected by the dynamic pressure of the incident flow; at higher pressures the location is nearer to the equator, while at lower pressure the penetration latitude is closer to the poles. Simulation results are compared to and explained in terms of observations made of Ganymede's UV aurora. Ion dependent mass loading and mass loss in the coupled Ganymede-Jupiter system were also tracked so as to provide a more complete interpretation of the dynamic role played by Ganymede's magnetosphere and ionosphere imbedded in the Jovian system.
Harnett Erika
Paty Carol S.
Winglee Robert
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