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Measurement of direct current electric fields and plasma flow speeds in Jupiter's magnetosphereDuring the encounter of Ulysses with Jupiter, we have measured two components of the dc electric field and deduced from them the flow speed in the Io toms, as well as the presence of a polar cap region end what we interpret as a cleft region. Within the toms the flow speed is approximately equal to the speed of a plasma corotating with Jupiter but has significant deviations. The dominant deviations have an apparent period of the order of Jupiter's rotation period, but this might be a latitudinal effect. Other important periods are about 40 min and less than 25 min.
Document ID
19930071540
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Kellogg, Paul J.
(Meudon Observatoire, France)
Goetz, K.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Howard, R. L.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Monson, S. J.
(Minnesota Univ. Minneapolis, United States)
Balogh, A.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Forsyth, R. J.
(Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine London, United Kingdom)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 98
Issue: A8
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
93A55537
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-31219
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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