Jupiter (Planet) -- Photographs from space; Jupiter probes; Voyager Project
Jupiter; ions from
satellites.
Plasma waves F. L. Scarf, TRW Measurement of plasma
electron densities;
wave-particle interactions;
low-frequency wave
emissions.
Low energy charged S. M. Krimigis, Johns Measurement of the
particles Hopkins U. distribution, composition,
and flow of energetic ions
and electrons;
satellite-energetic
particle interactions.
Cosmic ray particles R. E. Vogt, Caltech Measurement of the
distribution, composition,
and flow of high energy
trapped nuclei; energetic
electron spectra.
Radio science V. R. Eshleman, Measurement of atmospheric
Stanford U. and ionospheric structure,
constituents, and dynamics;
satellite masses.
Unlike other Voyager instruments, the imaging system is not the result
of a competition among proposals submitted by groups of scientists. NASA
assigned the development of the cameras directly to JPL, to be
integrated from the beginning with the design of the Voyager spacecraft
and its subsystems. The members of the Voyager Imaging Science Team were
selected, as individuals, on the basis of the scientific studies they
proposed to carry out. Initially, ten members of the Imaging Science
Team were selected, but by the time of the Jupiter encounters, the team
had been expanded to 22 scientists.
[Illustration: Bradford A. Smith, imaging science Team Leader]
The Team Leader is Bradford A. Smith, a professor in the Department of
Planetary Science at the University of Arizona. Smith was involved in
imaging science on several previous missions, including Mariners 6 and 7
and Viking. He was also active in ground-based photography of Jupiter at
both New Mexico State University and University of Arizona, and he is a
member of the team developing a planetary camera for the Space
Telescope, scheduled for operation in Earth orbit in the mid-1980s.
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