Essays about: "magnetosheath"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the word magnetosheath.

  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. Possible Bow Shock Current Closure to Earth's High Latitude Ionosphere on Open Field Lines

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för fysik

    Author : Gabriella Nordin; [2023]
    Keywords : Space Physics; Bow Shock Current; Field-Aligned Currents; Open Field Lines;

    Abstract : The bow shock is formed due to the abrupt deceleration of the supersonic solar wind in front of the terrestrial magnetic field. The solar wind plasma and the Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF) are both compressed across the shock, and according to Ampère's law a current thus flows on the bow shock at all times. READ MORE

  4. 3. The connection between the bow shock at Mercury and the interplanetary magnetic field

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

    Author : Erik Sellberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Mercury bow shock; Bow shock - interplanetary magnetic field interaction; MESSENGER; Merkurius bogchock; Växelverkan bogchock interplanetära magnetfältet; MESSENGER;

    Abstract : As the solar wind reaches Mercury it interacts with the planet’s magnetic field slowing down, forming a bow shock in front of the planet and diverting the flow around it. Along with the solar wind comes the interplanetary magnetic field, an extension of the sun’s magnetic field. READ MORE

  5. 4. Moon plasma environment and its implications for lunar space missions

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Rymdteknik

    Author : Mirko Viviano; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This study investigates the lunar plasma environment and its implications for the safety and success of future crewed missions to the Moon. The Moon’splasma environment, formed by the solar wind, galactic cosmic rays and solar flare particles, presents potential hazards to human life and property. READ MORE

  6. 5. Study and characterization of energetic particles from the solar wind entering the magnetosheath region

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

    Author : Farid Hedayati; [2022]
    Keywords : Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission MMS ; Magnetosheath classification; Particles; Time series analysis; Space plasma physics;

    Abstract : The emphasis of the thesis is on understanding how the high-energy particles of the foreshock are transmitted into the magnetosheath and how this process can be used to specify the conditions upstream of the bow shock with the help of local magnetosheath measurements. In this study, through analyzing the data from the MMS satellites, I try to draw a connection between the flux and wind direction related to Earth’s bow shock. READ MORE