Science overview of the Europa clipper mission

RT Pappalardo, BJ Buratti, H Korth, DA Senske… - Space Science …, 2024 - Springer
The goal of NASA's Europa Clipper mission is to assess the habitability of Jupiter's moon
Europa. After entering Jupiter orbit in 2030, the flight system will collect science data while …

The Europa clipper gravity and radio science investigation

E Mazarico, D Buccino, J Castillo-Rogez… - Space Science …, 2023 - Springer
The primary objective of the Europa Clipper mission is to assess the habitability of Europa,
an overarching goal that rests on improving our understanding of Europa's interior structure …

Centrifugal equator in Jupiter's plasma sheet

P Phipps, F Bagenal - Journal of Geophysical Research: Space …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In Jupiter's magnetosphere, the structure of the plasma sheet depends on the magnetic field
geometry and the centrifugal forces on the plasma. We present a simple formulation for the …

The infrared auroral footprint tracks of Io, Europa and Ganymede at Jupiter observed by Juno‐JIRAM

A Moirano, A Mura, V Hue, B Bonfond… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The electromagnetic coupling between the Galilean satellites at Jupiter and the planetary
ionosphere generates an auroral footprint, which is detected with high spatial resolution in …

Variability of the Auroral Footprint of Io Detected by Juno‐JIRAM and Modeling of the Io Plasma Torus

A Moirano, A Mura, B Bonfond… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
One of the auroral features of Jupiter is the emission associated with the orbital motion of its
moon Io. The relative velocity between Io and the surrounding plasma trigger perturbations …

Morphology of the Io plasma torus from Juno radio occultations

A Moirano, L Gomez Casajus… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The jovian moon Io disperses about 1 ton/s of material in the planetary magnetosphere,
mainly by sublimation of SO2 from the surface and by its intense volcanic activity. The …

Radial transport of Io plasma from the inner magnetosphere to the tail

T Tanaka, Y Ebihara, M Watanabe… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The solar wind‐Jovian magnetosphere‐ionosphere interaction is studied from the global
magnetohydrodynamic simulation. The calculation considers the high‐speed solar wind, Io …

Ultra relativistic charged particle dynamics in Jupiter's radiation belts

A Srivastava, B Kakad, A Kakad - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2025 - academic.oup.com
Jupiter possesses the most hazardous radiation belt in the solar system, which contains ultra-
relativistic protons (∼ 100 GeV), electrons (∼ 100 MeV), and heavier ions like O+, O++, S+ …

Two years of observations of the Io plasma torus by Juno radio occultations: Results from Perijoves 1 to 15

PH Phipps, P Withers, DR Buccino… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The Io plasma torus is the primary source for plasma in Jupiter's magnetosphere.
Observations of fundamental properties of the torus place valuable constraints on how the Io …

The structure of the warped Io Plasma Torus constrained by the Io Footprint

S Schlegel, J Saur - Journal of Geophysical Research: Space …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Standard models of force balance along Jovian field lines predict the location of the Io
Plasma Torus to be the centrifugal equator of Jupiter's magnetosphere, that is, the position …