Three years of Galileo dust data: II. 1993 to 1995

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1998-09-24

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9809318v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted for Planetary and Space Science, 37 pages, 5 tables, 13 figures

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Between Jan 1993 and Dec 1995 the Galileo spacecraft traversed interplanetary space between Earth and Jupiter and arrived at Jupiter on 7 Dec 1995. The dust instrument onboard was operating during most of the time. A relatively constant impact rate of interplanetary and interstellar (big) particles of 0.4 impacts per day was detected over the whole three-year time span. In the outer solar system (outside about 2.6 AU) they are mostly of interstellar origin, whereas in the inner solar system they are mostly interplanetary particles. Within about 1.7 AU from Jupiter intense streams of small dust particles were detected with impact rates of up to 20,000 per day whose impact directions are compatible with a Jovian origin. Two different populations of dust particles were detected in the Jovian magnetosphere: small stream particles during Galileo's approach to the planet and big particles concentrated closer to Jupiter between the Galilean satellites. There is strong evidence that the dust stream particles are orders of magnitude smaller in mass and faster than the instrument's calibration, whereas the calibration is valid for the big particles. Because the data transmission rate was very low, the complete data set for only a small fraction (2525) of all detected particles could be transmitted to Earth; the other particles were only counted. Together with the 358 particles published earlier, information about 2883 particles detected by the dust instrument during Galileo's six years' journey to Jupiter is now available.

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