Imaging observations of Jupiter's sodium magneto-nebula during the ULYSSES encounter

Details Imaging observations of Jupiter's sodium magneto-nebula during the ULYSSES encounter Imaging observations of Jupiter's sodium magneto-nebula during the ULYSSES encounter

Sep 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992sci...257.1510m&link_type=abstract

Science (ISSN 0036-8075), vol. 257, no. 5076, Sept. 11, 1992, p. 1510-1512.

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Jupiter (Planet), Jupiter Atmosphere, Nebulae, Planetary Magnetospheres, Sodium, Ulysses Mission, Ground Stations, Io, Ion Temperature, Toroidal Plasmas, Volcanology

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Jupiter's great sodium nebula represents the largest visible structure traversed by the Ulysses spacecraft during its encounter with the planet in February 1992. Ground-based imaging conducted on Mount Haleakala, Hawaii, revealed a nebula that extended to at least +/- 300 Jovian radii; it was somewhat smaller in scale and less bright than previously observed. Analysis of observations and results of modeling studies suggest reduced volcanic activity on the moon Io, higher ion temperatures in the plasma torus, lower total plasma content in the torus, and fast neutral atomic clouds along the Ulysses inbound trajectory through the magnetosphere. Far fewer neutrals were encountered by the spacecraft along its postencounter, out-of-ecliptic trajectory.

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