Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Oct 1978
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978jgr....83.4823k&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 83, Oct. 1, 1978, p. 4823-4829.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Atmospheric Models, Current Sheets, Jupiter Atmosphere, Neutral Sheets, Planetary Magnetospheres, Planetary Rotation, Spaceborne Astronomy, Helium, Magnetic Dipoles, Magnetometers, Pioneer 10 Space Probe, Time Dependence, Density, Magnetic Fields, Plasma Sheet, Models, Jupiter, Current Sheets, Magnetometer, Rotation, Pioneer 10, Pioneer 11, Asymmetry, Radial Transport, Thickness, Magnetosphere, Perturbations, Velocity
Scientific paper
Analysis of vector helium magnetometer measurements during the Pioneer 10 outbound pass through the Jovian magnetosphere reveals that the average location of the near-equatorial current sheet is a surface whose shape is determined by the velocity at which the magnetic perturbations produced by a rotating tilted dipole propagate to large radial distances. A model is presented which is a surface encircling the planet and rotating rigidly with it. Based on a linear fit to the times of the current sheet crossings, a formula is derived for the surface representing the average position of the near-equatorial current sheet in the Jovian magnetosphere.
Coleman Patrick J.
Froidevaux Lucien
Galland Kivelson Margaret
Rosenberg Ronald L.
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