Jupiter (Planet) -- Photographs from space; Jupiter probes; Voyager Project
structure, and
temperature
profiles; monitor
hot spots on Io.
Photopolarimeter/radiometer J. E. Hansen, NASA Measure temperature
Goddard profiles and energy
balance of
Jupiter’s
atmosphere; measure
Jupiter’s cloud
characteristics and
composition.
Magnetometer M. G. Kivelson, UC Measure magnetic
Los Angeles fields and the ways
they change near
Jupiter and its
satellites; measure
variations caused
by the satellites
interacting with
Jupiter’s field.
Plasma particles L. A. Frank, U. Iowa Provide information
on low-energy
particles and
clouds of ionized
gas in the
magnetosphere.
Energetic particles D. J. Williams, NOAA Measure composition,
Space Environment distribution, and
Lab energy spectra of
high-energy
particles trapped
in Jupiter’s
magnetosphere.
Plasma waves D. A. Gurnett, U. Iowa Investigate waves
generated inside
Jupiter’s
magnetosphere and
waves radiated by
possible lightning
discharges in the
atmosphere.
Dust detection E.
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