Time-Resolved Observations of Jupiter's Far-Ultraviolet Aurora
Science1996Vol. 274(5286), pp. 409–413
Citations Over TimeTop 10% of 1996 papers
G. E. Ballester, J. T. Clarke, John T. Trauger, Walter M. Harris, Karl Stapelfeldt, David Crisp, Robin W. Evans, Eric B. Burgh, Christopher J. Burrows, Stefano Casertano, J. S. Gallagher, R. E. Griffiths, J. J. Hester, J. G. Hoessel, Jon A. Holtzman, John Krist, V. S. Meadows, J. R. Mould, R. Sahai, Paul A. Scowen, A. M. Watson, James A. Westphal
Abstract
Simultaneous imaging and spectroscopic observations of Jupiter's far-ultraviolet aurora covering half a jovian rotation were made on 31 May 1994. The Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 images revealed dramatic and rapidly changing auroral features, including discrete longitudinal structures along the auroral ovals, with variable contrast; a poleward offset in a north oval sector, showing equatorward motion near dusk; emissions polewards of the ovals, apparently co-rotating; and a bright event developing near the dawn limb. Viewing geometry effects explain the rotational intensity modulation observed by the International Ultraviolet Explorer, without intrinsic longitudinal asymmetries.
Related Papers
- → Phosphorus Chemistry in the Atmosphere of Jupiter: A Reassessment(1995)16 cited
- Exobiology, Jupiter and life.(1972)
- The atmospheres of the Jovian satellites(1978)
- Exploiting the fortunate Jupiter transit geometry to probe Ganymede's and Callisto's atmospheres(2020)