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Fine-scale structure of the Jovian magnetotail current sheetDuring the outbound leg of its passage through the Jovian magnetosphere in the Voyager 2 spacecraft observed 50 traversals of the magnetotail current sheet during a 10 day period at distances between 30 and 130 R sub j. Analysis of these observations shown that the Jovian tail sheet tends to lie approximately parallel to the ecliptic plane and to oscillate about the tail axis with the 10 hour planetary rotation period. The magnetic structure near and within the current sheet was variable with time and distance from Jupiter, but generally corresponded to one of the following: (1) simple rotation of field across the sheet, with an approximately southward direction in the sheet (generally northward beyond a distance from Jupiter of approximately 84 R sub j; (2) field having a southward component in a broad region near the sheet, but northward in a restricted region at the sheet itself; or (3) a clear bipolar variation of the sheet normal field component as the sheet was crossed (i.e., the field became northward and then southward, or vice versa, in crossing the sheet).
Document ID
19830017368
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Behannon, K. W. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
September 4, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1983
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Report/Patent Number
NAS 1.15:85014
NASA-TM-85014
Accession Number
83N25639
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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