Compression of Jupiter's magnetosphere by the solar wind - Reexamination via MHD simulation of evolving corotating interaction regions

Details Compression of Jupiter's magnetosphere by the solar wind - Reexamination via MHD simulation of evolving corotating interaction regions Compression of Jupiter's magnetosphere by the solar wind - Reexamination via MHD simulation of evolving corotating interaction regions

Aug 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981jgr....86.6773s&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 86, Aug. 1, 1981, p. 6773-6780.

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Cosmic Plasma, Jupiter Atmosphere, Planetary Magnetospheres, Plasma Compression, Solar Wind, Magnetopause, Mathematical Models, Pioneer 10 Space Probe, Pioneer 11 Space Probe, Plasma Interactions, Rotating Fluids, Jupiter, Magnetosphere, Solar Wind, Simulations, Magnetohydrodynamics, Corotation, Pioneer 10, Pioneer 11, Compression, Comparisons, Data, Kinematics, Models, Pressure, Magnetosheath, Hypotheses, Observations, Distance

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Major changes in the solar wind before, during and after the Pioneer 10 and 11 missions' encounter with the Jovian magnetosphere are considered. A numerical simulation of the multiple corotating interaction region (CIR) evolutions from one spacecraft to its sister spacecraft is shown to have confirmed the suggestion by Smith et al (1978) that Jupiter's magnetosphere was compressed by interplanetary CIRs during three out of four of the observed events. The MHD simulation presented suggests that the Jupiter magnetosphere reacts to solar wind rarefactions by expanding. A pair of previously unexplained magnetopause crossings of the Pioneer 11 outbound pass may be due to a delayed reexpansion of the Jupiter magnetosphere from a compression that occurred during the inbound pass.

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