Journal article
A Survey of Electron Conics at Jupiter Utilizing the JADE‐E Data During Science Orbits 01, 03‐30
Journal of geophysical research. Space physics, Vol.127(10), p.n/a
10/2022
DOI: 10.1029/2022JA030418
Abstract
We present a survey of electron conics over Jupiter's high latitude regions utilizing 22.6 hr of data from the Jovian Auroral Distribution Experiment electron instrument aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft during science orbits 01 and 03‐30. We observed electron conics for about 2.5% of this time and characterized them into three types based on their direction of motion along Jupiter's magnetic field lines: upward, downward, and bidirectional. We observed the upward electron conics most often and at energies of 0.057–80.1 keV, while we observed the downward electron conics least often and at energies of 0.073–1.2 keV. We observed bidirectional electron conics mostly around the same times and places as the upward electron conics having energies of 0.081–49.6 keV. We observed all electron conic types to occur mostly at altitudes 0.3–0.4 RJ and local times 15–16 hr. Furthermore, we observed all electron conic types to have energies greater than 0.7 keV below an altitude of 0.5 RJ and over the main auroral region.
Key Points
We surveyed the Jovian Auroral Distribution Experiment electron data for science orbits 01, 03‐30 and found upward, downward, and bidirectional electron conics 2.5% of the time
We observed all electron conics to occur most often at altitudes of 0.3–0.4 RJ and local times of 15–16 hr
We observed all electron conic types to have energies greater than 0.7 keV below an altitude of 0.5 RJ and over the main auroral region
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A Survey of Electron Conics at Jupiter Utilizing the JADE‐E Data During Science Orbits 01, 03‐30
- Creators
- J. R. Muñoz - The University of Texas at San AntonioF. Allegrini - The University of Texas at San AntonioR. W. Ebert - The University of Texas at San AntonioR. J. Wilson - Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space PhysicsJ. R. Szalay - Princeton UniversityJ. D. Menietti - University of IowaP. Louarn - Research Institute in Astrophysics and PlanetologyS. J. Bolton - Southwest Research InstituteJ. E. P. Connerney - Goddard Space Flight Center
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of geophysical research. Space physics, Vol.127(10), p.n/a
- DOI
- 10.1029/2022JA030418
- ISSN
- 2169-9380
- eISSN
- 2169-9402
- Number of pages
- 13
- Grant note
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/2022
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984627209702771
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