Haewsantati, K;
Bonfond, B;
Wannawichian, S;
Gladstone, GR;
Hue, V;
Versteeg, MH;
Greathouse, TK;
... Vogt, MF; + view all
(2021)
Morphology of Jupiter's Polar Auroral Bright Spot Emissions via Juno‐UVS Observations.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
, 126
(2)
, Article e2020JA028586. 10.1029/2020ja028586.
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Abstract
Since 2016, the Juno‐UVS (Ultraviolet Spectrograph) instrument has been taking spectral images of Jupiter's auroras in their full extent, including the nightside, which cannot be viewed from Earth. We present a systematic analysis of features in Jupiter's polar auroras called auroral bright spots, which were observed by Juno‐UVS during the first 25 orbits of the spacecraft. An auroral bright spot is an isolated localized and transient brightening in the polar region. Bright spots were identified in 16 perijoves (PJ) out of 24, mostly in either the northern or the southern hemisphere but rarely in both during the same PJ. The emitted power of the bright spots is time variable with peak power ranging from a few tens to a hundred of gigawatts. Moreover, we found that, for some PJs, bright spots exhibit quasiperiodic behavior. The spots, within PJ4 and PJ16, each reappeared within <2,000 km from the previous position in System III with periods of 28 and 22 min, respectively. This period is similar to periods previously identified in X‐rays and various other observations. The bright spot positions are in a specific region in the northern hemisphere in System III, but are scattered around the magnetic pole in the southern hemisphere, near the edge of the swirl region. Furthermore, the bright spots can be seen at any local time, rather than being confined to the noon sector as previously thought from Earth‐based observations. This suggests that the bright spots might not be firmly connected to the noon facing magnetospheric cusp processes.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Morphology of Jupiter's Polar Auroral Bright Spot Emissions via Juno‐UVS Observations |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1029/2020ja028586 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1029/2020ja028586 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | aurora, Jupiter, Juno‐UVS |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Space and Climate Physics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10122078 |
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