Physics
Scientific paper
May 2001
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American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2001, abstract #P51A-02
Physics
2756 Planetary Magnetospheres (5443, 5737, 6030), 6218 Jovian Satellites, 6220 Jupiter
Scientific paper
The Cassini/Huygens spacecraft is flying to Saturn in order to carry out an in-depth exploration of Titan and the Saturnian system. En route it has already flown by Venus (twice), the Earth, and Jupiter. The closest approach to Jupiter was on December 30, 2000. The weeks surrounding closest approach were a busy time for Cassini. Data were being collected to study: Jupiter's atmospheric composition and dynamics, including the aurora, and heat flow, Jupiter's rings, Europa and Callisto with observations exactly at opposition, Himalia's rotation period, Io in eclipse, the interaction of Jupiter's magnetosphere with the solar wind, Io's dust stream, and Jupiter's synchrotron radiation. Collaborative studies are also being carried out jointly with the Galileo spacecraft which has been orbiting Jupiter for the last five years. Instruments in Earth-orbit and on the ground are also involved in the collaborative observing efforts. This talk will present an overview of the Cassini/Huygens flyby of Jupiter and provide context and perspective for the status reports that are being presented at this meeting, some one hundred and twenty days after the completion of flyby activities. The Cassini mission is a joint undertaking by NASA and ESA, with ASI as a partner via a bilateral agreement with NASA. The JPL portion of this ork has been carried out under contract with NASA.
Lebreton Jeremy
Matson Dennis L.
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