Cassini Imaging of Jupiter's Atmosphere, Satellites, and Rings

The Cassini Imaging Science Subsystem acquired about 26,000 images of the Jupiter system as the spacecraft encountered the giant planet en route to Saturn. We report findings on Jupiter's zonal winds, convective storms, low-latitude upper troposphere, polar stratosphere, and northern aurora. We...

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Published inScience (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 299; no. 5612; pp. 1541 - 1547
Main Authors Porco, Carolyn C., West, Robert A., McEwen, Alfred, Del Genio, Anthony D., Ingersoll, Andrew P., Thomas, Peter, Squyres, Steve, Dones, Luke, Murray, Carl D., Johnson, Torrence V., Burns, Joseph A., Brahic, Andre, Neukum, Gerhard, Veverka, Joseph, Barbara, John M., Denk, Tilmann, Evans, Michael, Ferrier, Joseph J., Geissler, Paul, Helfenstein, Paul, Roatsch, Thomas, Throop, Henry, Tiscareno, Matthew, Vasavada, Ashwin R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, DC American Association for the Advancement of Science 07.03.2003
The American Association for the Advancement of Science
Subjects
Astronomy
Atmosphere
Auroras
Company legal issue
Convection
Convection clouds
Data Collection
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
Galilean satellites
Imaging
Investigations
Jovian atmosphere
Jovian satellites
Jupiter
Jupiter (Planet)
Jupiter moons
Organic Chemistry
Planets, their satellites and rings. Asteroids
Plumes
Polar regions
Satellites
Solar system
Storms
PN, Arctic, North Pole
Planetary atmospheres
Planetary rings
Space probe observation
Natural satellites
Observation data
Jupiter planet
Cassini space probe
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Summary:The Cassini Imaging Science Subsystem acquired about 26,000 images of the Jupiter system as the spacecraft encountered the giant planet en route to Saturn. We report findings on Jupiter's zonal winds, convective storms, low-latitude upper troposphere, polar stratosphere, and northern aurora. We also describe previously unseen emissions arising from Io and Europa in eclipse, a giant volcanic plume over Io's north pole, disk-resolved images of the satellite Himalia, circumstantial evidence for a causal relation between the satellites Metis and Adrastea and the main jovian ring, and information on the nature of the ring particles.
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ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.1079462