X-Ray Observations of Jupiter in Support of the New Horizons Flyby

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Sep 2006

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Chandra Proposal ID #08100480

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Chandra Proposal Id #08100480

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On February 28th 2007, the New Horizons (NH) spacecraft will flyby Jupiter for a gravity assist to Pluto. Closest approach (C/A) is 32 Jupiter radii, but the NH instruments will conduct intensive studies from C/A-52d to C/A+100d. Important new studies of auroral and magnetospheric physics are planned that may be well-supported by Chandra observations. Chandra support of the Cassini flyby of Jupiter in 2000 led to a major revision of our understanding of Jupiter's x-ray aurora. We propose 108ks of Chandra time to support three planned NH investigations; a time-variability study during approach, a multi-spectral morphology study near C/A, and a magnetotail dynamics study as NH heads to Pluto. In addition, we request 72ks of XMM-Newton time to investigate spectral differences at low energy.

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