Mathematics – Probability
Scientific paper
Oct 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984nascp2330..497h&link_type=abstract
In JPL Uranus and Neptune p 497-525 (SEE N85-11927 02-91)
Mathematics
Probability
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Neptune (Planet), Planetary Ionospheres, Planetary Magnetic Fields, Planetary Magnetospheres, Solar Wind, Uranus (Planet), Astronomical Models, Birkeland Currents, Convection, Grand Tours, Space Probes, Triton, Unmanned Spacecraft, Voyager Project
Scientific paper
Magnetospheric structures that might be encountered at Uranus and Neptune are described. Statistics indicate a sufficiently high probability to warrant consideration of their likely properties in advance of the Voyager encounters. Because the spin axis of Uranus lies nearly in the ecliptic and presently points approximately sunward, Voyager is likely to encounter the unique pole on configuration that has special theoretical significance. Corotation in the magnetospheres of Uranus and Neptune would probably exclude solar wind drive convection as an important driver of global magnetospheric dynamics, as it does at Jupiter and Saturn. The magnetospheres of Uranus and Neptune probably lack sufficient internal sources of plasma to produce significant levels of rotationally driven convection. The reported observation of auroral emission from Uranus has therefore motivated the development of an alternative model in which solar wind motion is coupled directly to the rotation of the ionosphere to establish a dynamo circuit which generates Birkeland currents and polar cap aurora. This model predicts the strength and configuration of the aurora as functions of the magnitude and polarity, respectively, of the planetary magnetic moment.
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