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On the Magnetospheres of Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

James A. van Allen
James A. van Allen*
Affiliation:
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA

Abstract

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A brief descriptive summary of Jupiter’s magnetosphere is based on in situ observations with the spacecraft Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 in November-December 1973 and November-December 1974, respectively. Current interpretative work emphasizes particle acceleration and loss mechanisms, the determination of diffusion coefficients by satellite effects, the topology of the outer magnetosphere, the possible recirculation of energetic particles, and the controversial evidence for an extended magnetotail.

Available evidence on non-thermal radio emissions of the planet and on the solar wind flow at 10 AU is invoked to suggest that Saturn very likely has a large, well developed magnetosphere resembling that of Jupiter but with the important difference that a radiation belt can not exist interior to the outer edge of the A ring of particulate matter. The first in situ observations will be made by Pioneer 11 in August-September 1979.

Type
Joint Dicussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 4 , Issue 1: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XVIth General Assembly of the IAU, 1976 (Part I) , 1977 , pp. 195 - 224
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1977

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