Dec 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010agufmsm11c1782s&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2010, abstract #SM11C-1782
Physics
[2704] Magnetospheric Physics / Auroral Phenomena, [2736] Magnetospheric Physics / Magnetosphere/Ionosphere Interactions, [2740] Magnetospheric Physics / Magnetospheric Configuration And Dynamics, [2756] Magnetospheric Physics / Planetary Magnetospheres
Scientific paper
The Juno spacecraft arrives at Jupiter in October 2016, entering a polar orbit with a periapsis of ~1.1 Jupiter radii. Over 33 orbits, Juno will offer unprecedented coverage of Jupiter’s high-latitude auroral regions. In anticipation of Juno, we have followed the spacecraft trajectory through an empirical magnetic field model (Khurana and Schwarzl, JGR 110, 2005), tracing the intersected field lines to the planet. This mapping provides the surface field strength, the location of the foot of the magnetic flux tube at the planet, and the expected loss cone observed at the spacecraft. This tool provides insight and planning support for the upcoming Juno mission. We show that the Juno trajectory crosses many auroral flux tubes by comparing the location of the foot of the intersected flux tube with the location of the statistical main aurora.
Bagenal Fran
Shinn A.
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