Journal article
Plasma Densities in the Vicinity of Callisto from Galileo Plasma Wave Observations
Geophysical research letters, Vol.27(13), pp.1867-1870
07/01/2000
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL003751
Abstract
The Galileo spacecraft has made seven close flybys of Jupiter's moon Callisto. During the closest of these (C22), which approached to within 535 km of the surface, the plasma wave instrument detected a very clear upper hybrid emission as the spacecraft passed near the moon. The peak electron density indicated by the upper hybrid resonance emission was 400/cc, almost one-thousand times the, electron density in the magnetosphere of Jupiter at the orbit of Callisto. These observations indicate that Callisto is probably surrounded by a dense ionospheric-like plasma.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Plasma Densities in the Vicinity of Callisto from Galileo Plasma Wave Observations
- Creators
- D. A. Gurnett - Iowa UnivA. M. Persoon - Iowa UnivW. S. Kurth - Iowa UnivA. Roux - Centre des Etudes Terrestraire et PlanetaireS. J. Bolton - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Geophysical research letters, Vol.27(13), pp.1867-1870
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union
- DOI
- 10.1029/2000GL003751
- ISSN
- 0094-8276
- eISSN
- 1944-8007
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/01/2000
- Description audience
- PUBLIC
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984455550602771
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