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Jupiter's magnetopause, bow shock, and 10-hour modulated magnetosheath Voyagers 1 and 2This summary report discusses Jupiter's magnetopause, bow shock and magnetosheath, based on fine scale magnetic field data from the Voyager 1 and 2 encounters. Explicit models of the dawnside magnetopause and bow shock in Jupiter's orbital plane employ an axisymmetric parabola and hyperbola, respectively, and satisfy average boundary crossing positions, inbound and outbound; these models are determined separately for the two encounters. A new phenomenon has been discovered in Jupiter's magnetosheath. It is manifested as (5 or) 10 hour quasi-periodic modulation of the direction of the magnetic field in the outbound magnetosheath, predominantly in the northward (N) and southward (S) directions. It was seen to occur during both encounters and appears most evident in Voyager 2 outbound observations.
Document ID
19810038714
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Lepping, R. P.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Burlaga, L. F.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Klein, L. W.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics, Greenbelt, Md., United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1981
Publication Information
Publication: Geophysical Research Letters
Volume: 8
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
81A23118
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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