Discovery of Jovian dust streams and interstellar grains by the Ulysses spacecraft (original) (raw)

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• Published: 01 April 1993
• H. A. Zook1 na1,
• M. Baguhl1,
• A. Balogh1 na2,
• S. J. Bame1 na3,
• H. Fechtig1,
• R. Forsyth1 na2,
• M. S. Manner1 na4,
• M. Horanyi1 na5,
• J. Kissel1,
• B.-A. Lindblad1 na6,
• D. Linkert1,
• G. Linkert1,
• I. Mann1 na7,
• J. A. M. McDonnell1 na8,
• G. E. Morfill1 na9,
• J. L. Phillips1 na3,
• C. Polanskey1 na4,
• G. Schwehm1 na10,
• N. Siddique1,
• P. Staubach1,
• J. Svestka1 na11 &
• …
• A. Taylor1 na8

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Abstract

ON 8 February 1992, the Ulysses spacecraft flew by Jupiter at a distance of 5.4 AU from the Sun. During the encounter, the spacecraft was deflected into a new orbit, inclined at about 80° to the ecliptic plane, which will ultimately lead Ulysses over the polar regions of the Sun1. Within 1 AU from Jupiter, the onboard dust detector2 recorded periodic bursts of submicrometre dust particles, with durations ranging from several hours to two days, and occurring at approximately monthly intervals (28 ± 3 days). These particles arrived at Ulysses in collimated streams radiating from close to the line-of-sight direction to Jupiter, suggesting a jovian origin for the periodic bursts. Ulysses also detected a flux of micrometre-sized dust particles moving in high-velocity (⩾ =26 km s-1) retrograde orbits (opposite to the motion of the planets); we identify these grains as being of interstellar origin.

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1. H. A. Zook: NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas 77058, USA
2. A. Balogh and R. Forsyth: The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2BZ, UK
3. S. J. Bame and J. L. Phillips: Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of California, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
4. M. S. Manner and C. Polanskey: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
5. M. Horanyi: Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
6. B.-A. Lindblad: Lund Observatory, 221 Lund, Sweden
7. I. Mann: Max-Planck-lnstitut fur Aeronomie, 3411 Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany
8. J. A. M. McDonnell and A. Taylor: University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NR, UK
9. G. E. Morfill: Max-Planck-lnstitut fur Extraterrestrische Physik, 8046 Garching, Germany
10. G. Schwehm: European Space Research and Technology Centre, 2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands
11. J. Svestka: Prague Observatory, 11846 Prague 1, Czech Republic

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   E. Grün, H. A. Zook, M. Baguhl, A. Balogh, S. J. Bame, H. Fechtig, R. Forsyth, M. S. Manner, M. Horanyi, J. Kissel, B.-A. Lindblad, D. Linkert, G. Linkert, I. Mann, J. A. M. McDonnell, G. E. Morfill, J. L. Phillips, C. Polanskey, G. Schwehm, N. Siddique, P. Staubach, J. Svestka & A. Taylor

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Grün, E., Zook, H., Baguhl, M. et al. Discovery of Jovian dust streams and interstellar grains by the Ulysses spacecraft.Nature 362, 428–430 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1038/362428a0

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