Cassini imaging of Jupiter's atmosphere, satellites, and rings.
The Cassini Imaging Science Subsystem acquired about 26,000 images of the Jupiter system as the spacecraft encountered the giant planet en route to Saturn. We report findings on Jupiter's zonal winds, convective storms, low-latitude upper troposphere, polar stratosphere, and northern aurora. We also describe previously unseen emissions arising from Io and Europa in eclipse, a giant volcanic plume over Io's north pole, disk-resolved images of the satellite Himalia, circumstantial evidence for a causal relation between the satellites Metis and Adrastea and the main jovian ring, and information on the nature of the ring particles.
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Carolyn C
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Department of Space Sciences, Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Suite 400, Boulder, CO 80302, USA. carolyn@ciclops.swri.edu
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McEwen
Alfred
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Del Genio
Anthony D
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Ingersoll
Andrew P
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Peter
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Squyres
Steve
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Dones
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Murray
Carl D
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Johnson
Torrence V
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Burns
Joseph A
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Brahic
Andre
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Neukum
Gerhard
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Veverka
Joseph
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Barbara
John M
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Denk
Tilmann
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Michael
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Ferrier
Joseph J
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Geissler
Paul
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Helfenstein
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Roatsch
Thomas
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Throop
Henry
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Tiscareno
Matthew
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Vasavada
Ashwin R
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