Essays about: "icy moons"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words icy moons.

  1. 1. Juice/JDC ion measurement perturbations caused by spacecraft charging in the solar wind and Earth’s magnetosheath

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för fysik och astronomi

    Author : Derek van Winden; [2024]
    Keywords : Juice; Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer; JDC; Jovian plasma Dynamics and Composition analyzer; Particle Environment Package; PEP; Jupiter; Ganymede; Callisto; Europa; solar wind; magnetosheath; spacecraft charging; Spacecraft Plasma Interaction Software; SPIS; charging; plasma; measurement perturbations; perturbation; distortion; particle detector; Institutet för Rymdfysik; IRF; Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies; DIAS; European Space Agency; ESA;

    Abstract :  In July 2031, a new chapter in the exploration of the Jovian system will begin with the arrival of the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) at Jupiter. Launched on April 14 2024 as part of ESA’s Cosmic Vision programme, the mission aims to study Jupiter and its icy Galilean moons Callisto, Europa, and Ganymede. READ MORE

  3. 2. Antarctic Subglacial Lakes as Environmental Analogues for Possible Hidden Biospheres on the Moons Europa and Enceladus

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Jonas Fahlman; [2023]
    Keywords : astrobiology; icy moons; subglacial lakes; ice dynamics; thermal regimes; extremophiles; anthropogenic contamination; astrobiologi; ismånar; subglaciala sjöar; is-dynamik; termiska regimer; extremofiler; antropologisk kontaminering;

    Abstract : The evolving science of astrobiology for the search for life beyond Earth has put focus on the possibility of subsurface bodies of liquid water beneath the surface of icy moons within our Solar System. Specifically, the Jovian moon of Europa and the Saturnian moon of Enceladus show telling characteristics of endogenous heating through their complex tidal resonances with their parent planets – suggesting the presence of oceans of liquid water and therefore a potential for astrobiology. READ MORE

  4. 3. Calibration of RPWI Langmuir Probe Data

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutet för rymdfysik, Uppsalaavdelningen

    Author : Gurpreet Kaur; [2023]
    Keywords : RPWI;

    Abstract : In this report calibration of the four probes attached onto the JUICE spacecraft has been made.The JUICE spacecraft (JUpiter Icy Moon Explorer) is a spacecraft which will investigate theenvironment on and around Jupiter and its four biggest moons. READ MORE

  5. 4. Investigation of sub-surface ocean induction on Jupiter's icy moon Europa

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutet för rymdfysik, Uppsalaavdelningen; Uppsala universitet/Rymd- och plasmafysik

    Author : Cornelia Ekvall; [2022]
    Keywords : rymdfysik; Jupiter; Europa; magnetiskdipol; JUICE;

    Abstract : Following previous studies, a theoretical model for the induced magnetic field by Europa, one of Jupiter's icy moons, is presented. The aim of the model is to find evidence for the existence of a sub-surface ocean on the moon. READ MORE

  6. 5. Search for Water Plumes on Jupiter’s Moon Europa

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Ebba Blom; Wilhelm Branner; [2021]
    Keywords : Europa; Jupiter; Hubble Space Telescope;

    Abstract : Several studies have been conducted with the aimof finding water plumes at Jupiter’s moon Europa. The possibleevidence of plumes is important for two future space missions,the JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) and the Europa clippermission. READ MORE