Physics
Scientific paper
Apr 1979
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979mfsv.reptq....n&link_type=abstract
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Physics
Bow Waves, Jupiter Probes, Planetary Magnetic Fields, Planetary Magnetospheres, Voyager Project, Electric Current, Io, Magnetometers, Magnetopause, Ohmic Dissipation, Resistance Heating, Solar Wind
Scientific paper
Results obtained by the Goddard Space Flight Center magnetometers on Voyager 1 concerning the large scale configuration of the Jovian bow shock and magnetopause, and the magnetic field in both the inner and outer magnetosphere are highlighted. There is evidence that a magnetic tail extending away from the planet on the nightside is formed by the solar wind-Jovian field interaction. This is much like Earth's magnetosphere but is a new configuration for Jupiter's magnetosphere not previously considered from earlier Pioneer data. Magnetic field perturbations associated with intense electrical currents (approximately 5 x 10 to the 6th power amps) flowing near or in the magnetic flux tube linking Jupiter with the satellite Io and induced by the relative motion between Io and the co-rotating Jovian magnetosphere are analyzed and interpreted. These currents may be an important source of heating the ionosphere and interior of Io through Joule dissipation.
Acuña Mario Humberto
Behannon Kenneth W.
Burlaga Leonard Francis
Lepping Ronald P.
Ness Norman F.
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