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Jupiter Science Enabled by ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer
Fletcher, Leigh N.; Cavalié, Thibault; Grassi, Davide et al.
2023In Space Science Reviews
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Keywords :
Jupiter JUICE remote sensing atmosphere aurora composition imaging spectroscopy
Abstract :
[en] ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) will provide a detailed investigation of the Jovian system in the 2030s, combining a suite of state-of-the-art instruments with an orbital tour tailored to maximise observing opportunities. We review the Jupiter science enabled by the JUICE mission, building on the legacy of discoveries from the Galileo, Cassini, and Juno missions, alongside ground- and space-based observatories. We focus on remote sensing of the climate, meteorology, and chemistry of the atmosphere and auroras from the cloud-forming weather layer, through the upper troposphere, into the stratosphere and ionosphere. The Jupiter orbital tour provides a wealth of opportunities for atmospheric and auroral science: global perspectives with its near-equatorial and inclined phases, sampling all phase angles from dayside to nightside, and investigating phenomena evolving on timescales from minutes to months. The remote sensing payload spans far-UV spectroscopy (50-210 nm), visible imaging (340-1080 nm), visible/near-infrared spectroscopy (0.49-5.56 μm), and sub-millimetre sounding (near 530-625\,GHz and 1067-1275\,GHz). This is coupled to radio, stellar, and solar occultation opportunities to explore the atmosphere at high vertical resolution; and radio and plasma wave measurements of electric discharges in the Jovian atmosphere and auroras. Cross-disciplinary scientific investigations enable JUICE to explore coupling processes in giant planet atmospheres, to show how the atmosphere is connected to (i) the deep circulation and composition of the hydrogen-dominated interior; and (ii) to the currents and charged particle environments of the external magnetosphere. JUICE will provide a comprehensive characterisation of the atmosphere and auroras of this archetypal giant planet.
Research Center/Unit :
STAR - Space sciences, Technologies and Astrophysics Research - ULiège
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Fletcher, Leigh N.
Cavalié, Thibault
Grassi, Davide
Hueso, Ricardo
Lara, Luisa M.
Kaspi, Yohai
Galanti, Eli
Greathouse, Thomas K.
Molyneux, Philippa M.
Galand, Marina
Vallat, Claire
Witasse, Olivier
Lorente, Rosario
Hartogh, Paul
Poulet, François
Langevin, Yves
Palumbo, Pasquale
Randall Gladstone, G.
Retherford, Kurt D.
Dougherty, Michele K.
Wahlund, Jan-Erik
Barabash, Stas
Iess, Luciano
Bruzonne, Lorenzo
Hussmann, Hauke
Gurvits, Leonid I.
Santolik, Ondřej
Kolmasova, Ivana
Fischer, Georg
Müller-Wodarg, Ingo
Piccioni, Giuseppe
Fouchet, Thierry
Gérard, Jean-Claude  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophysique, géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Labo de physique atmosphérique et planétaire (LPAP)
Sánchez-Lavega, Agustin
Patrick G. J. Irwin
Grodent, Denis  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophysique, géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Labo de physique atmosphérique et planétaire (LPAP)
Altieri, Francesca
Mura, Alessandro
Drossart, Pierre
Kammer, Josh
Giles, Rohini
Cazaux, Stéphanie
Jones, Geraint
Smirnova, Maria
Lellouch, Emmanuel
Medvedev, Alexander S.
Moreno, Raphael
Rezac, Ladislav
Coustenis, Athena
Costa, Marc
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Language :
English
Title :
Jupiter Science Enabled by ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer
Publication date :
2023
Journal title :
Space Science Reviews
ISSN :
0038-6308
eISSN :
1572-9672
Publisher :
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Commentary :
83 pages, 24 figures, submitted to Space Science Reviews special issue on ESA's JUICE mission
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