Publications and communications of Alessandro Moirano

Satoh, S., Hue, V., Tsuchiya, F., Sakai, S., Kasaba, Y., Kita, H., Kagitani, M., Moirano, A., Bonfond, B., Misawa, H., & Yasuda, R. (01 February 2026). Dawn–Dusk Asymmetry of the Io Plasma Torus Derived from Io’s Auroral Footprints Observed by Juno-UVS. Planetary Science Journal, 7 (2), 34. doi:10.3847/psj/ae3678

Moirano, A., Bonfond, B., Sicorello, G., Vinesse, J., Szalay, J., Hue, V., Benmahi, B., Grodent, D., Head, L. A., -C Gérard, J., Greathouse, T. K., Gladstone, G. R., Giles, R. S., & Versteeg, M. H. (2026). The vertical profile of the northern Io footprint auroral emission in the far-ultraviolet from Juno. Variability and energy spectrum of the precipitating electrons. Astronomy and Astrophysics. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202557463

Benmahi, B., Hue, V., Vorbuger, A., Benne, B., Hubert, B., Leblanc, F., Jia, X., Gladstone, G. R., Bonfond, B., Bouquet, A., Collet, B., Louis, C. K., Barthelemy, M., Moirano, A., Blanc, M., Waite, J. H., Gronoff, G., Grodent, D., Giles, R. S., ... Molyneux, P. (November 2025). Precipitating electron properties of Ganymede’s aurora retrieved from Juno/UVS observations during PJ34. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 703, 260. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202556996

Sicorello, G., Grodent, D., Bonfond, B., Gérard, J.-C., Benmahi, B., Salveter, A., Moirano, A., Head, L. A., Vinesse, J., Greathouse, T., Gladstone, G. R., & Barthélémy, M. (November 2025). The Pedersen and Hall conductances in the Jovian polar regions: New maps based on a broadband electron energy distribution. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 703, 69. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202556176

Benmahi, B., Hue, V., Leblanc, F., Benne, B., Hubert, B., Jia, X., Gladstone, G. R., Vorburger, A., Bonfond, B., Collet, B., Louis, C., Barthélémy, M., Moirano, A., Blanc, M., Waite, J., Gronoff, G., Grodent, D., Giles, R., Greathouse, T., & Molyneux, P. (09 July 2025). Characterizing Precipitating Electrons in Ganymede’s Auroras through Juno/UVS observations and Coupled Electron Transport and Radiative Transfer Models [Paper presentation]. EPSC-DPS, Helsinki, Finland. doi:10.5194/epsc-dps2025-429

Bonfond, B., Grodent, D., Sicorello, G., Vinesse, J., Head, L. A., Gérard, J.-C., Moirano, A., Benmahi, B., Hue, V., Greathouse, T., Gladstone, R., & Giles, R. (09 July 2025). A bright path under Juno's footprint [Paper presentation]. EPSC-DPS, Helsinki, Finland. doi:10.5194/epsc-dps2025-980

Castagnoli, C., Moirano, A., Mura, A., Adriani, A., Altieri, F., Dinelli, B. M., Migliorini, A., Noschese, R., Sordini, R., Tosi, F., & Plainaki, C. (09 July 2025). Jupiter's Moon-Induced Infrared Aurorae: Spectral Insights from Juno's JIRAM [Paper presentation]. EPSC-DPS, Helsinki, Finland. doi:10.5194/epsc-dps2025-627

Head, L. A., Grodent, D., Bonfond, B., Sulaiman, A., Moirano, A., Sicorello, G., Elliott, S., Vogt, M., Louis, C., Kruegler, N., & Vinesse, J. (09 July 2025). Jupiter's ultraviolet auroral bridge: the influence of the solar wind on polar auroral morphology [Paper presentation]. EPSC-DPS, Helsinki, Finland. doi:10.5194/epsc-dps2025-3

Hue, V., Greathouse, T., Bonfond, B., Moirano, A., Rabia, J., Benmahi, B., Giles, R., Gladstone, R., Grodent, D., Kammer, J., Sulaiman, A., Szalay, J., Versteeg, M., & Bolton, S. (09 July 2025). The length of the Io footprint: Spectral characterization using Juno-UVS [Paper presentation]. EPSC-DPS, Helsinki, Finland. doi:10.5194/epsc-dps2025-508

Moirano, A., Bonfond, B., Mura, A., Hue, V., Caruso, A., Benmahi, B., Grodent, D., Head, L. A., Gérard, J.-C., Sicorello, G., Vinesse, J., Greathouse, T., Casajus, L. G., Tortora, P., & Zannoni, M. (09 July 2025). The moon-induced auroral emissions at Jupiter: a natural probe of the atmosphere and magnetosphere [Paper presentation]. EPSC-DPS, Helsinki, Finland. doi:10.5194/epsc-dps2025-947

Vinesse, J., Bonfond, B., Benmahi, B., Moirano, A., Grodent, D., Greathouse, T., Hue, V., Gérard, J.-C., Sicorello, G., Head, L. A., & Gladstone, R. (09 July 2025). Characterizing Auroral Acceleration Mechanisms at Jupiter: Statistical Analyses of Juno-UVS-Derived Electron Energies [Paper presentation]. EPSC-DPS, Helsinki, Finland. doi:10.5194/epsc-dps2025-758

Zambon, F., Mura, A., Lopes-Gautier, R. M., Tosi, F., Paris, M., Rathbun, J., Pettine, M., Castagnoli, C., Cicchetti, A., Moirano, A., Noschese, R., Sordini, R., Plainaki, C., Sindoni, G., Hansen-Koharcheck, C., & Bolton, S. (09 July 2025). JIRAM observations of Io satellite from Juno perijoves 41-66  [Paper presentation]. EPSC-DPS, Helsinki, Finland. doi:10.5194/epsc-dps2025-1737

Moirano, A., Caruso, A., Mura, A., Bonfond, B., Gomez Casajus, L., Zannoni, M., Tortora, P., Sordini, R., Noschese, R., Cicchetti, A., & Hue, V. (30 June 2025). The Io plasma torus observed by Juno between 2016 and 2022. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 699, 53. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202453584

Benmahi, B., Bonfond, B., Benne, B., Hue, V., Grodent, D., Barthélemy, M., Sinclair, J. A., Moirano, A., Head, L. A., Gladstone, R., Gronoff, G., Sicorello, G., Simon-Wedlund, C., Giles, R., & Greathouse, T. K. (18 March 2025). Reconstruction of the 3D Auroral Structure Using Juno/UVS Observations [Paper presentation]. EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu25-3530

Bonfond, B., Moirano, A., Benmahi, B., Grodent, D., Head, L. A., Sicorello, G., Gérard, J.-C., Greathouse, T., Glastone, R., Giles, R., Kammer, J., Hue, V., Yao, Z., Nichols, J., Badman, S., & Clarke, J. (18 March 2025). A view from the other side: complementary observations of the Jovian UV aurorae from Hubble and Juno [Poster presentation]. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu25-21868

Castagnoli, C., Moirano, A., Mura, A., Adriani, A., Altieri, F., Dinelli, B. M., Migliorini, A., Noschese, R., Sordini, R., & Tosi, F. (18 March 2025). Probing H3+ emission spectra in the footprints of Galilean moons with JIRAM [Paper presentation]. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu25-9433

Moirano, A., Bonfond, B., Mura, A., Hue, V., Caruso, A., Benmahi, B., Grodent, D., Head, L. A., Gérard, J.-C., Sicorello, G., Greathouse, T. K., Gomez Casajus, L., Tortora, P., & Zannoni, M. (18 March 2025). The moon-induced auroral emissions at Jupiter:a natural probe of the atmosphere and magnetosphere [Paper presentation]. EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu25-12252

Masters, A., Modolo, R., Roussos, E., Krupp, N., Witasse, O., Vallat, C., Cecconi, B., Edberg, N. J. T., Futaana, Y., Galand, M., Heyner, D., Holmberg, M., Huybrighs, H., Jia, X., Khurana, K., Lamy, L., Roth, L., Sulaiman, A., Tortora, P., ... Zannoni, M. (March 2025). Magnetosphere and Plasma Science with the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer. Space Science Reviews, 221 (2). doi:10.1007/s11214-025-01148-8

Mura, A., Moirano, A., Hue, V., Castagnoli, C., Migliorini, A., Altieri, F., Adriani, A., Cicchetti, A., Plainaki, C., Piccioni, G., Noschese, R., Sindoni, G., & Sordini, R. (February 2025). Vertical and Temporal H3+ Structure at the Auroral Footprint of Io. Planetary Science Journal, 6 (2), 49. doi:10.3847/PSJ/ada6aa

Benmahi, B., Hue, V., Leblanc, F., Benne, B., Hubert, B., Jia, X., Gladstone, R., Vorbuger, A., Bonfond, B., Collet, B., Louis, C., Barthelemy, M., Moirano, A., Blanc, M., Waite, J., Gronoff, G., Grodent, D., Lamy, L., Giles, R., ... Molyneux, P. (2025). Characterizing Precipitating Electrons in Ganymede's Auroras through Juno/UVS observations and Coupled Electron Transport and Radiative Transfer Models [Paper presentation]. Workshop on the Network for Ultraviolet Astronomy (NUVA) - 2025, Marseille, France.

Head, L. A., Grodent, D., Bonfond, B., Sulaiman, A., Moirano, A., Sicorello, G., Elliott, S., Vogt, M. F., Louis, C. K., Kruegler, N., Vinesse, J., & Greathouse, T. K. (2025). Jupiter's ultraviolet auroral bridge: the influence of the solar wind on polar auroral morphology. Astronomy and Astrophysics. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202554759

Moirano, A., Bonfond, B., Mura, A., Hue, V., Caruso, A., Benmahi, B., Grodent, D., Head, L. A., Gérard, J.-C., Sicorello, G., Greathouse, T., Gomez Casajus, L., Tortora, P., & Zannoni, M. (2025). Monitoring of Jupiter's magnetosphere with the moon-induced aurora during the Juno era [Paper presentation]. 4th Moon-Magnetosphere Interaction Workshop, Cologne, Germany.

Mura, A., Tosi, F., Zambon, F., Lopes, R. M. C., Mouginis-Mark, P. J., Becker, H., Filacchione, G., Migliorini, A., Hansen, C. J., Adriani, A., Altieri, F., Bolton, S., Cicchetti, A., Di Mico, E., Grassi, D., Noschese, R., Moirano, A., Pettine, M., Piccioni, G., ... Sindoni, G. (December 2024). Hot rings on Io observed by Juno/JIRAM. Communications Earth and Environment, 5 (1). doi:10.1038/s43247-024-01486-5

Benmahi, B., Bonfond, B., Benne, B., Hue, V., Grodent, D., Barthélemy, M., Sinclair, J. A., Moirano, A., Head, L. A., Gladstone, R., Gronoff, G., Sicorello, G., Simon Wedlund, C., Giles, R., & Greathouse, T. K. (27 September 2024). Auroral 3D structure retrieval from the Juno/UVS data. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 691, 91. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202451439

Grassi, D., Mura, A., Adriani, A., Sindoni, G., Atreya, S. K., Fletcher, L. N., Orton, G. S., Plainaki, C., Tosi, F., Biagiotti, F., Olivieri, A., Castagnoli, C., Aversa, E. D., Migliorini, A., Moirano, A., Noschese, R., Piccioni, G., Sordini, R., & Bolton, S. (August 2024). Jupiter’s Hotspots as observed by JIRAM-Juno: limb darkening in thermal infrared. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 533 (2), 2185 - 2198. doi:10.1093/mnras/stae1858

Bonfond, B., Groulard, A., Benmahi, B., Grodent, D., Head, L. A., Sicorello, G., Gérard, J.-C., Moirano, A., Greathouse, T., Gladstone, G. R., Giles, R., Kammer, J., Hue, V., Yao, Z., Nichols, J., Badman, S., & Clarke, J. (09 July 2024). North, South, East and West: the asymmetries in the Jovian UV aurorae [Poster presentation]. Magnetosphere of the Outer Planets meeting 2024, Minneapolis, United States - Minnesota.

Benmahi, B., Bonfond, B., Benne, B., Moirano, A., Hue, V., Grodent, D., Barthélémy, M., Head, L. A., Gladstone, G. R., Gronoff, G., Sicorello, G., Simon Wedlund, C., Giles, R., & Greathouse, T. (08 July 2024). Exploring the Jovian auroral vertical structure: Juno’s view [Paper presentation]. Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets meeting 2024, Minneapolis, United States - Minnesota.

Head, L. A., Bonfond, B., Grodent, D., Sicorello, G., Benmahi, B., Moirano, A., & Yao, Z. (08 July 2024). Effect of magnetospheric conditions on the morphology of Jupiter’s ultraviolet main auroral emission as observed by Juno-UVS [Paper presentation]. Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets 2024, Minneapolis, United States.

Moirano, A., Bonfond, B., Mura, A., Hue, V., Caruso, A., Benmahi, B., Grodent, D., Head, L. A., Gérard, J.-C., Sicorello, G., Greathouse, T. K., Gomez Casajus, L., Tortora, P., & Zannoni, M. (03 July 2024). Moon-induced infrared and ultraviolet auroral emission at Jupiter: overview during the Juno mission [Paper presentation]. Europlanet Science Congress 2024, Berlin, Germany. doi:10.5194/epsc2024-593

Zambon, F., Mura, A., Lopes-Gautier, R. M., Tosi, F., Rathbun, J., Pettine, M., Mirino, M., Nodjoumi, G., Castagnoli, C., Cicchetti, A., Moirano, A., Noschese, R., Sordini, R., Plainaki, C., Sindoni, G., Hansen-Koharcheck, C., Becker, H., & Bolton, S. (03 July 2024). Io JIRAM observations from Juno orbits 41-53 [Paper presentation]. Europlanet Science Congress 2024, Berlin, Germany. doi:10.5194/epsc2024-502

Head, L. A., Bonfond, B., Moirano, A., Benmahi, B., Sicorello, G., Gérard, J.-C., Vogt, M. F., Hue, V., Greathouse, T., Gladstone, G. R., Yao, Z., & Grodent, D. (2024). Effect of magnetospheric conditions on the morphology of Jupiter's ultraviolet main auroral emission as observed by Juno-UVS. Astronomy and Astrophysics. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202450253

Moirano, A., Mura, A., Hue, V., Bonfond, B., Head, L. A., Connerney, J. E. P., Adriani, A., Altieri, F., Castagnoli, C., Cicchetti, A., Dinelli, B. M., Grassi, D., Migliorini, A., Moriconi, M. L., Noschese, R., Piccioni, G., Plainaki, C., Scarica, P., Sindoni, G., ... Zambon, F. (26 February 2024). The Infrared Auroral Footprint Tracks of Io, Europa and Ganymede at Jupiter Observed by Juno‐JIRAM. Journal of Geophysical Research. Planets, 129 (3). doi:10.1029/2023je008130

Moirano, A., Bonfond, B., Benmahi, B., Grodent, D., Head, L. A., Sicorello, G., Gérard, J.-C., Hue, V., & Greathouse, T. (2024). Energy deposition in Jupiter’s auroral regions: the vertical structure of Jupiter’s ultraviolet aurora observed by Juno-UVS [Poster presentation]. Magnetosphere of the Outer Planet2 Congress 2024.

Moirano, A., Caruso, A., Mura, A., Gomez Casajus, L., Tortora, P., Zannoni, M., Bonfond, B., Hue, V., & JIRAM team. (2024). The Io Plasma Torus State during the Juno Mission: Constrains from the Radio Occultations and the Io Auroral Footprint [Paper presentation]. Magnetosphere of the Outer Planet2 Congress 2024.

Sicorello, G., Bonfond, B., Gérard, J.-C., Grodent, D., Benmahi, B., Moirano, A., Head, L. A., Gkouvelis, L., Greathouse, T., Gladstone, G. R., & Salveter, A. (2024). The Jovian Ionospheric Conductance derived from a Broadband Precipitated Electron Distribution [Poster presentation]. Conférence "Magnetospheres of Outer Planets" (MOP) 2024, Minneapolis, United States.

Tosi, F., Mura, A., Cofano, A., Zambon, F., Glein, C. R., Ciarniello, M., Lunine, J. I., Piccioni, G., Plainaki, C., Sordini, R., Adriani, A., Bolton, S. J., Hansen, C. J., Nordheim, T. A., Moirano, A., Agostini, L., Altieri, F., Brooks, S. M., Cicchetti, A., ... Turrini, D. (2024). Salts and organics on Ganymede’s surface observed by the JIRAM spectrometer onboard Juno. Nature Astronomy, 8 (1), 82 - 93. doi:10.1038/s41550-023-02107-5

Moirano, A., Mura, A., Bonfond, B., Connerney, J. E. P., Dols, V., Grodent, D., Hue, V., Gérard, J.-C., Tosi, F., Migliorini, A., Adriani, A., Altieri, F., Castagnoli, C., Cicchetti, A., Dinelli, B. M., Grassi, D., Moriconi, M. L., Noschese, R., Piccioni, G., ... Zambon, F. (August 2023). Variability of the Auroral Footprint of Io Detected by Juno‐JIRAM and Modeling of the Io Plasma Torus. Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics, 128 (8). doi:10.1029/2023ja031288

Castagnoli, C., Dinelli, B. M., Altieri, F., Migliorini, A., Mura, A., Adriani, A., Sordini, R., Tosi, F., Noschese, R., Piccioni, G., Moriconi, M. L., Grassi, D., Cicchetti, A., Moirano, A., Filacchione, G., Sidoni, G., Plainaki, C., Scarica, P., & Turrini, D. (15 May 2023). Jupiter’s 3.3-micron CH4 polar brightening: Retrieval of methane effective temperature in the jovian auroral regions using Juno/JIRAM data [Paper presentation]. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu23-3893

Hue, V., Gladstone, G. R., Louis, C. K., Greathouse, T. K., Bonfond, B., Szalay, J. R., Moirano, A., Giles, R. S., Kammer, J. A., Imai, M., Mura, A., Versteeg, M. H., Clark, G., Gérard, J.-C., Grodent, D., Rabia, J., Sulaiman, A. H., Bolton, S. J., & Connerney, J. E. P. (May 2023). The Io, Europa, and Ganymede Auroral Footprints at Jupiter in the Ultraviolet: Positions and Equatorial Lead Angles. Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics, 128 (5). doi:10.1029/2023JA031363

Migliorini, A., Dinelli, B. M., Castagnoli, C., Moriconi, M. L., Altieri, F., Atreya, S., Adriani, A., Mura, A., Tosi, F., Moirano, A., Piccioni, G., Grassi, D., Sordini, R., Noschese, R., Cicchetti, A., Bolton, S. J., Sindoni, G., Plainaki, C., & Olivieri, A. (March 2023). First Observations of CH4 and H+3 Spatially Resolved Emission Layers at Jupiter Equator, as Seen by JIRAM/Juno. Journal of Geophysical Research. Planets, 128 (3). doi:10.1029/2022JE007509

Moirano, A., Mura, A., Caruso, A., Gomez Casajus, L., Tortora, P., & Zannoni, M. (2023). The Io Plasma Torus State during the Juno Mission: Constrains from the Radio Occultations and the Io Auroral Footprint [Poster presentation]. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, United States.

Grodent, D., Bonfond, B., Gérard, J.-C., Haewsantati, K., Sicorello, G., Gladstone, G. R., Greathouse, T., Hue, V., Kammer, J., Giles, R., Moirano, A., & Mura, A. (July 2022). Jupiter’s colorful hair [Poster presentation]. Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets meeting 2022, Liège, Belgium.

Hue, V., Szalay, J. R., Greathouse, T. K., Bonfond, B., Kotsiaros, S., Louis, C. K., Sulaiman, A. H., Clark, G., Allegrini, F., Gladstone, G. R., Paranicas, C., Versteeg, M. H., Mura, A., Moirano, A., Gershman, D. J., Bolton, S. J., Connerney, J. E. P., Davis, M. W., Ebert, R. W., ... Mauk, B. H. (05 April 2022). A Comprehensive Set of Juno In Situ and Remote Sensing Observations of the Ganymede Auroral Footprint. Geophysical Research Letters, 49 (7). doi:10.1029/2021gl096994

Connerney, J. E. P., Timmins, S., Oliversen, R. J., Espley, J. R., Joergensen, J. L., Kotsiaros, S., Joergensen, P. S., Merayo, J. M. G., Herceg, M., Bloxham, J., Moore, K. M., Mura, A., Moirano, A., Bolton, S. J., & Levin, S. M. (February 2022). A New Model of Jupiter's Magnetic Field at the Completion of Juno's Prime Mission. Journal of Geophysical Research. Planets, 127 (2). doi:10.1029/2021JE007055

Moirano, A., & Mura, A. (2022). Temporal variability of the Io-induced aurorae on Jupiter: a proxy for plasma variations in the magnetosphere [Paper presentation]. MOP Congress, Liège, Belgium.

Moirano, A., Gomez Casajus, L., Zannoni, M., Durante, D., & Tortora, P. (October 2021). Morphology of the Io Plasma Torus From Juno Radio Occultations. Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics, 126 (10). doi:10.1029/2021JA029190

Moirano, A., Mura, A., Adriani, A., Sordini, R., Migliorini, A., Zambon, F., Tosi, F., Altieri, F., Dinelli, B. M., Plainaki, C., Cicchetti, A., & Noschese, R. (04 March 2021). Small scale structures in the footprint tails of the Galilean moons observed by JIRAM [Paper presentation]. EGU General Assembly. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu21-12277

Moirano, A. (2021). Small scale morphology of the footprint tails of Io, Europa and Ganymede observed by JIRAM [Poster presentation]. MOP Congress.

Moirano, A., Mura, A., Adriani, A., Dols, V., Bonfond, B., Waite, J. H., Hue, V., Szalay, J. R., Sulaiman, A. H., Dinelli, B. M., Tosi, F., Altieri, F., Cicchetti, A., Filacchione, G., Grassi, D., Migliorini, A., Moriconi, M. L., Noschese, R., Piccioni, G., ... Bolton, S. J. (2021). Morphology of the Auroral Tail of Io, Europa, and Ganymede From JIRAM L-Band Imager. Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics, 126 (9), 29450. doi:10.1029/2021JA029450

Mura, А., Adriani, A., Tosi, F., Scarica, P., Moirano, A., & Zambon, F. (2021). INFRARED OBSERVATIONS OF JUPITER'S AURORAE, ATMOSPHERE AND MOONS [Paper presentation]. 12th Moscow solar system symposium, Moscow, Russia.

Moirano, A., Mura, A., Adriani, A., Sordini, R., Migliorini, A., Zambon, F., Tosi, F., Altieri, F., Dinelli, B., Plainaki, C., Cicchetti, A., & Noschese, R. (2020). Observations of small scale structures in the footprint of the Galilean satellites by JIRAM [Paper presentation]. AGU Fall Meeting.

Zannoni, M., Moirano, A., Gomez Casajus, L., Tortora, P., Durante, D., & Iess, L. (2020). Modelling the electron density distribution in the Io Plasma Torus using Juno radio occultations [Poster presentation]. EGU General Assembly.

Moirano, A., Zannoni, M., Luis, A., Gomez, C., Tortora, P., Withers, P., Phipps, P., Buccino, D., & Oudrhiri, K. (2019). Morphology of the Io Plasma Torus inferred from Dual Uplink-Dual Downlink calibration during Juno mission [Poster presentation]. EPSC-DPS, Geneva, Switzerland.

Zannoni, M., Gomez, L., Moirano, A., Tortora, P., Phipps, P., Whiters, P., Buccino, D., Oudrhiri, K., Durante, D., & Iess, L. (2019). Observations of the Io Plasma Torus with Juno radio science experiment [Poster presentation]. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.