Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Aug 1982
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982georl...9..885l&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 9, Aug. 1982, p. 885-888.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Bipolarity, Jupiter (Planet), Magnetic Signatures, Magnetic Surveys, Magnetometers, Planetary Magnetic Fields, Radio Astronomy, Symmetry, Voyager 2 Spacecraft, Distance, Sun
Scientific paper
A correlative survey of magnetometer (MAG) and Planetary Radio Astronomy (PRA) 1.2 kHz continuum radiation measurements from Voyager 2 provide evidence for at least eight distant Jovian magnetotail sightings occurring about once a month over the first 2/3 of 1981 at distances of approximately 5,000 to 9,000 RJ. The occurrences of these events are in good agreement with prior Plasma Wave Science and Plasma Science identifications. Observations of these distant magnetotail, or tail filament, encounters appear most prevalent in both MAC and PRA data sets when the spacecraft was closest to the Jupiter-Sun axis at approximately 6,500 RJ from the planet; the PRA events are also most intense during those times. A specific tail encounter occurring in mid-February 1981 is analyzed and shown to possess a remarkably symmetric magnetic field signature and to have a bipolar field structure in the central region. The bipolarity is characteristic of most of the eight events.
Burlaga Leonard Francis
Desch Michael D.
Klein Larry W.
Lepping Ronald P.
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