Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Sep 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986plas.rept...21c&link_type=abstract
In NASA, Washington Reports of Planetary Astronomy, 1985 p 21-22 (SEE N87-12407 03-89)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Astrophysics, Deep Space, Planetary Radiation, Planetary Waves, Space Exploration, Annual Variations, Jupiter (Planet), Methane, Polar Regions, Stratosphere
Scientific paper
This program supports NASA's deep space exploration missions, particularly those to the outer Solar System, and also NASA's Earth-orbital astronomy missions, using ground-based observations, primarily with the NASA IRTF at Mauna Kea, Hawaii, and also with such instruments as the Kitt Peak 4 meter Mayall telescope and the NRAO VLA facility in Socorro, New Mexico. An important component of the program is the physical interpretation of the observations. There were two major scientific discoveries resulting from 8 micrometer observations of Jupiter. The first is that at that wavelength there are two spots, one near each magnetic pole, which are typically the brightest and therefore warmest places on the planet. The effect is clearly due to precipitating high energy magnetospheric particles. A second ground-based discovery is that in 1985, Jupiter exhibited low latitude (+ or - 18 deg.) stratospheric wave structure.
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