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Abstract
ON 8 February 1992, the Ulysses spacecraft flew by Jupiter at a distance of 5.4 AU from the Sun. During the encounter, the spacecraft was deflected into a new orbit, inclined at about 80-degrees to the ecliptic plane, which will ultimately lead Ulysses over the polar regions of the Sun1. Within 1 AU from Jupiter, the onboard dust detector2 recorded periodic bursts of submicrometre dust particles, with durations ranging from several hours to two days, and occurring at approximately monthly intervals (28 +/- 3 days). These particles arrived at Ulysses in collimated streams radiating from close to the line-of-sight direction to Jupiter, suggesting a jovian origin for the periodic bursts. Ulysses also detected a flux of micrometre-sized dust particles moving in high-velocity (greater-than-or-equal-to 26 km s-1) retrograde orbits (opposite to the motion of the planets); we identify these grains as being of interstellar origin.
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| Uncontrolled keywords: | Cosmic Dust, Interstellar Matter, Jupiter (Planet), Planetary Composition, Spacecraft Orbits, Ulysses Mission, Interplanetary Dust, Particle Size Distribution; Jupiter, Dust, Spacecraft Observations, Ulysses Mission, Particles, Periodicity, Origin, Source, Flux, Size, Velocity, Orbits, Ejecta, Retrograde Motion, Interstellar Material, Magnetic Field, Comparisons, Charged Particles, Motion, Electromagnetic Effects, Orbital Elements, Solar Wind, Magnetosphere |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy T Technology > TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics Q Science > QC Physics |
| Divisions: | Faculties > Science Technology and Medical Studies > School of Physical Sciences |
| Depositing User: | M. Nasiriavanaki |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Aug 2009 10:15 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Aug 2009 10:15 |
| Resource URI: | http://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/22125 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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