Jupiter's UV Auroral Response to a Magnetospheric Compression Event

Giles, R. S.; Greathouse, T. K.; Ebert, R. W.; Kurth, W. S.; Louis, C. K.; Vogt, M. F.; Bonfond, Bertrand; Grodent, Denis; Gérard, Jean-Claude; Gladstone, G. R.; Kammer, J. A.; Hue, V.; Wilson, R. J.; Bolton, S. J.; Connerney, J. E. P.

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Jupiter's UV Auroral Response to a Magnetospheric Compression Event

Giles, R. S.; Greathouse, T. K.; Ebert, R. W. et al.

2025 • In Journal of Geophysical Research. Planets, 130 (6)

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Jupiter; aurora; Juno; Solar wind

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[en] The highly elliptical polar orbit of the Juno mission provides a unique opportunity to simultaneously measure the compression state of Jupiter's magnetosphere and the total power emitted by the planet's ultraviolet aurora, using a single spacecraft. This allows us to study how Jupiter's aurora respond to a compression event. In this paper, we present a case study of an extreme compression event that occurred on December 6–7 2022 when Juno was a distance of 70 RJ from Jupiter. This extreme compression was accompanied by a very large increase in the ultraviolet auroral emissions to 12 TW, a factor of six higher than the baseline level. This event coincided with the predicted arrival of a powerful interplanetary shock, which was expected to cause the largest increase in the solar wind dynamic pressure seen thus far during the Juno mission. The simultaneous occurrence of the interplanetary shock, the extreme compression and the bright ultraviolet aurora suggests that in this case, the auroral brightening was caused by the solar wind shock compressing the magnetosphere.

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STAR - Space sciences, Technologies and Astrophysics Research - ULiège

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Space science, astronomy & astrophysics

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Giles, R. S. ; Space Science and Engineering Division Southwest Research Institute San Antonio TX USA

Greathouse, T. K. ; Space Science and Engineering Division Southwest Research Institute San Antonio TX USA

Ebert, R. W. ; Space Science and Engineering Division Southwest Research Institute San Antonio TX USA ; Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio TX USA

Kurth, W. S. ; Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Iowa Iowa City IA USA

Louis, C. K. ; LESIA CNRS Observatoire de Paris Université PSL Sorbonne Université Université de Paris Meudon France

Vogt, M. F. ; Planetary Science Institute Tucson AZ USA

Bonfond, Bertrand ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophysique, géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Labo de physique atmosphérique et planétaire (LPAP)

Grodent, Denis ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophysique, géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Labo de physique atmosphérique et planétaire (LPAP)

Gérard, Jean-Claude ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophysique, géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Labo de physique atmosphérique et planétaire (LPAP)

Gladstone, G. R. ; Space Science and Engineering Division Southwest Research Institute San Antonio TX USA

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Jupiter's UV Auroral Response to a Magnetospheric Compression Event

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June 2025

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Planets

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2169-9097

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2169-9100

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American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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130

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