Ion anisotropies in the outer Jovian magnetosphere

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Anisotropic Media, Ions, Jupiter Atmosphere, Planetary Magnetospheres, Plasma Diagnostics, Voyager Project, Amplitudes, Convective Flow, Flow Velocity, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Planetary Rotation, Jupiter, Magnetosphere, Ions, Anisotropy, Lecp, Voyager 1, Voyager 2, Low Energy Charged Particle Experiment, Corotation, Magnetopause, Dayside, Flow, Nightside, Amplitude, Analysis, Plasmas, Convection, Equipment, Data Reduction, Data, Boundary Layers, Magnetodisc, Winds, Regions, Distance

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Results are presented from Voyager 1 and 2 low-energy charged particle measurements of ion anisotropies in the outer Jovian magnetosphere (more than about 20 Jupiter radii). These anisotropies are the first observed from an instrument rotating in the spin plane of Jupiter. For the several ion species investigated, all the first-order anisotropies are strongly in the corotational sense throughout most of the Jovian magnetosphere and out to the magnetopause on the dayside. Evidence exists for a small component of outward flow in the corotating region. Beyond about 130-150 Jupiter radii along the Voyager outbound trajectories, the anisotropies suggest a magnetospheric wind flowing outward from Jupiter.

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