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Hubble and Juno observations of Jupiter’s auroras and magnetospheric dynamics during the Juno Extended Mission

Authors :
Jonathan D. Nichols
John Clarke
Denis Grodent
Bertrand Bonfond
Stanley Cowley
Randy Gladstone
Fran Bagenal
Glenn Orton
Bob Lysak
Frederic Allegrini
Jack Connerney
Barry Mauk
George Clark
Rob Wilson
Rob Ebert
Publication Year :
2023
Publisher :
Copernicus GmbH, 2023.

Abstract

We present simultaneous Juno and Hubble Space Telescope of Jupiter's far-ultraviolet auroras obtained as part of a programme of observations covering 3 years of Juno's Extended Mission. We show that bright, expanded dusk-side southern main emission is associated with large-scale convection dynamics, dusk-side main emission arcs are associated with field-aligned currents, and equatorward diffuse emission and patches are associated with plasma injections in the middle magnetosphere occurring within intervals of enhanced plasma density, ongoing interchange motion and magnetospheric convection. These results shed light on the relation between the main auroral emission and magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling currents, and radial force balance in the magnetosphere. We also report on unusually bright and expanded southern auroral emissions observed during PJ 43.

Details

Database :
OpenAIRE
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........bc805b2f9c953532900f92d4a9c732fb
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-16086