[en] Io is the most active object in solar system, which domains the plasma source for the massive Jovian magnetosphere. To understand how Io’s geological activities impact Jovian system, a two-telescope project is proposed, named as Telescope for Io Nebula 1 and 2 (TinTin). TinTin will inherit many technical specifications from ULg-led SPECULOOS project, and will choose the same type of 1-m telescope. TinTin 1 will monitor a small region surrounding Io by several to tens of Io radius, while TinTin 2 will resolve a large area surrounding Jupiter at the scale of a few to hundreds of Jupiter radii. This project will have multiple filters, which allows us to understand the dynamics of different chemical species from Io’s atmosphere escape. The major scientific goals for this project is to understand how Io’s atmosphere escape evolves from small scale (few Io radii) to medium (few Jupiter radii) and large (hundred Jupiter radii) scale, and their impact to Jupiter’s magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling dynamics.
Research center :
STAR - Space sciences, Technologies and Astrophysics Research - ULiège
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Yao, Zhonghua ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Labo de physique atmosphérique et planétaire (LPAP)