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Hot Hydrogen in the Jovian Corona

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

C. Emerich
Affiliation:
Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale, Université Paris-Sud, bâtiment 121, 91405 Orsay, France
L. Ben Jaffel
Affiliation:
Institut d’Astrophysique, 98bis bd Arago, 75014 Paris, France
J. T. Clarke
Affiliation:
Center for Space Physics, Boston University, MA02215, USA
G. Ballester
Affiliation:
Lunar & Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, AZ85721, USA

Abstract

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The asymmetry observed in the H-Lyα profiles measured near the Jovian equatorial limbs by the STIS/HST spectrograph is interpreted as due to H atoms propagating in the upper Jovian atmosphere with velocities ~ 80 km/s relative to Jupiter’s rotation. A qualitative scenario is suggested to correlate these energetic H atoms to energetic neutral particles recently detected by Cassini at higher altitudes.

Type
II. Special Scientific Sessions
Copyright
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