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Dust measurements in the Jovian magnetosphere

Grün, E. ; Krüger, H. ; Dermott, S. ; Fechtig, H. ; Graps, A. L. ; Zook, H. A. ; Gustafson, B. A. ; Hamilton, D. P. ; Hanner, M. S. and Heck, A. , et al. (1997) In Geophysical Research Letters 24(17). p.2171-2174
Abstract
Dust measurements have been obtained with the dust detector onboard the Galileo spacecraft inside a distance of about 60RJ from Jupiter (Jupiter radius, RJ = 71,492 km) during two periods of about 8 days around Galileo's closest approaches to Ganymede on 27 June and on 6 Sept 1996. The impact rate of submicrometer-sized particles fluctuated by a factor of several hundred with a period of about 10 hours, implying that their trajectories are strongly affected by the interaction with the Jovian magnetic field. Concentrations of small dust impacts were detected at the times of Ganymede closest approaches that could be secondary ejecta particles generated upon impact of other particles onto Ganymede's surface. Micrometer-sized dust particles,... (More)
Dust measurements have been obtained with the dust detector onboard the Galileo spacecraft inside a distance of about 60RJ from Jupiter (Jupiter radius, RJ = 71,492 km) during two periods of about 8 days around Galileo's closest approaches to Ganymede on 27 June and on 6 Sept 1996. The impact rate of submicrometer-sized particles fluctuated by a factor of several hundred with a period of about 10 hours, implying that their trajectories are strongly affected by the interaction with the Jovian magnetic field. Concentrations of small dust impacts were detected at the times of Ganymede closest approaches that could be secondary ejecta particles generated upon impact of other particles onto Ganymede's surface. Micrometer-sized dust particles, which could be on bound orbits about Jupiter, are concentrated in the inner Jovian system inside about 20RJ from Jupiter. (Less)
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GALILEO SPACECRAFT JUPITER (PLANET) PLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS DUST MAGNETIC EFFECTS SPACE PROBES
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Geophysical Research Letters
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24
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17
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2171 - 2174
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American Geophysical Union (AGU)
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1944-8007
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10.1029/97GL01593
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English
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  abstract     = {{Dust measurements have been obtained with the dust detector onboard the Galileo spacecraft inside a distance of about 60RJ from Jupiter (Jupiter radius, RJ = 71,492 km) during two periods of about 8 days around Galileo's closest approaches to Ganymede on 27 June and on 6 Sept 1996. The impact rate of submicrometer-sized particles fluctuated by a factor of several hundred with a period of about 10 hours, implying that their trajectories are strongly affected by the interaction with the Jovian magnetic field. Concentrations of small dust impacts were detected at the times of Ganymede closest approaches that could be secondary ejecta particles generated upon impact of other particles onto Ganymede's surface. Micrometer-sized dust particles, which could be on bound orbits about Jupiter, are concentrated in the inner Jovian system inside about 20RJ from Jupiter.}},
  author       = {{Grün, E. and Krüger, H. and Dermott, S. and Fechtig, H. and Graps, A. L. and Zook, H. A. and Gustafson, B. A. and Hamilton, D. P. and Hanner, M. S. and Heck, A. and Horányi, M. and Kissel, J. and Lindblad, Bertil Anders and Linkert, D. and Linkert, G. and Mann, I. and McDonnell, J. A. M. and Morfill, G. E. and Polanskey, C. and Schwehm, G. and Srama, R.}},
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  keywords     = {{GALILEO SPACECRAFT
JUPITER (PLANET)
PLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS
EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS
DUST
MAGNETIC EFFECTS
SPACE PROBES}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{17}},
  pages        = {{2171--2174}},
  publisher    = {{American Geophysical Union (AGU)}},
  series       = {{Geophysical Research Letters}},
  title        = {{Dust measurements in the Jovian magnetosphere}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/97GL01593}},
  doi          = {{10.1029/97GL01593}},
  volume       = {{24}},
  year         = {{1997}},
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