Ulysses at Jupiter: An Overview of the Encounter
@article{Smith1992UlyssesAJ, title={Ulysses at Jupiter: An Overview of the Encounter}, author={E. J. Smith and K-P. Wenzel and D. Edgar Page}, journal={Science}, year={1992}, volume={257}, pages={1503 - 1507} }
In February 1992, the Ulysses spacecraft flew through the giant magnetosphere of Jupiter. The primary objective of the encounter was to use the gravity field of Jupiter to redirect the spacecraft to the sun's polar regions, which will now be traversed in 1994 and 1995. However, the Ulysses scientific investigations were well suited to observations of the Jovian magnetosphere, and the encounter has resulted in a major contribution to our understanding of this complex and dynamic plasma…
48 Citations
An overview of the anisotropy telescope observations of MeV ions during the Ulysses Jupiter encounter
- Physics, Geology
- 1996
Magnetic Field Observations During the Ulysses Flyby of Jupiter
- Physics, GeologyScience
- 1992
The Jovian flyby of the Ulysses spacecraft presented the opportunity to confirm and complement the findings of the four previous missions that investigated the structure and dynamics of the Jovian…
The Hot Plasma Environment at Jupiter: Ulysses Results
- Physics, GeologyScience
- 1992
Measurements of the hot plasma environment during the Ulysses flyby of Jupiter have revealed several new discoveries related to this large rotating astrophysical system, particularly in the dusk-side, high-latitude region.
ULYSSES OBSERVATIONS OF NONCOROTATIONAL FLOWS IN THE OUTER DAYSIDE JOVIAN MAGNETOSPHERE
- Physics, Geology
- 1993
Ulysses Radio and Plasma Wave Observations in the Jupiter Environment
- PhysicsScience
- 1992
The Unified Radio and Plasma Wave (URAP) experiment has produced new observations of the Jupiter environment, owing to the unique capabilities of the instrument and the traversal of high Jovian…
Jupiter's Magnetosphere: Plasma Description from the Ulysses Flyby
- PhysicsScience
- 1992
Plasma observations at Jupiter show that the outer regions of the Jovian magnetosphere are remarkably similar to those of Earth, indicating that similar processes are operating.
Jovian electron propagation in three dimensions of the heliosphere : the Ulysses investigations
- Physics, Geology
- 1993
We report investigations of Jovian relativistic electrons in the interplanetary medium that provide new insights into both the physical processes by which the Jovian magnetosphere releases its…
Imaging Obsearvations of Jupiter's Sodium Magneto-Nebula During the Ulysses Encounter
- PhysicsScience
- 1992
Jupiter's great sodium nebula represents the largest visible structure traversed by the Ulysses spacecraft during its encounter with the planet in February 1992, and analysis of observations and results of modeling studies suggest reduced volcanic activity on the moon, higher ion temperatures in the plasma torus, and lower total plasma content in the torus.
References
SHOWING 1-5 OF 5 REFERENCES
The Ulysses mission
- Physics
- 1986
The Ulysses mission is unique in the history of the exploration of our solar system by spacecraft. The path followed by Ulysses will enable us, for the first time, to explore the heliosphere within a…
Direct plasma measurements in the Io torus and inner magnetosphere of Jupiter
- Physics
- 1981
A model of the Io plasma torus has been constructed using the in situ plasma measurement of Voyager 1. A sharp gradient in plasma temperature of approx.7 x 10/sup 5/ K R/sub J//sup -1/ at 5.7 R/sub…
Revised ion temperatures for Voyager plasma measurements in the Io plasma torus
- Physics
- 1985
We have discovered that an error was made in computing ion temperatures for some of the results derived from the positive ion data from the plasma science (PLS) experiment on the Voyager spacecraft.…
Special issue on Voyager missions to Jupiter
- J. Geophys. Res
Pioneer 10 Issue
- J. Geophys. Res