Sentences with phrase «jovian aurora»

Dr. Sakanoi specializes in determining the variations in planetary atmospheres, such as Jovian aurora and Venusian clouds by obtaining continuous monitoring data with the T60 and T40 telescopes at Haleakala summit.

However, the energetic particles associated with Jovian auroras are very different from those that power the most intense auroral emissions at Earth.»

Io in particular, the closest of the four Galilean moons, contributes mightily to the store of charged particles that excite Jovian auroras, due to its several hundred volcanoes.

Not exact matches

Scientists expected to find similarities to Earth's auroras, but Jovian auroral processes are proving puzzling.

The Jovian Auroral Distributions Experiment (JADE) is a set of sensors detecting the electrons and ions associated with Jupiter's auroras.

At the poles, Juno will give researchers a close look at Jupiter's auroras, the Jovian equivalent of Earth's northern and southern lights.

And the auroras that light up its atmosphere arise not just from charged solar particles slamming into the planet's atmosphere, as on Earth, but from Jovian moons spewing material toward the planet.

Stallard and his team will be taking advantage of the Juno spacecraft currently in orbit around Jupiter, particularly the observations of Jupiter's aurora and upper atmosphere by the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument.

It is essential to carry out continuous measurement of planetary atmosphere, such as the Jovian infrared aurora and the volcanoes on Jovian satellite Io, to understand its time and spatial variations.