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Exploration of Giant Planet Magnetospheres Jupiter Top Priority Polar Regions Multi-Spacecraft Giant Planet Magnetospheres Giant! Rotation Dominated Satellite plasma sources JS Symmetric ~Dipolar Strong plasma production Limited solar wind influence UN Highly asymmetric, Highly non-dipolar Complex transport (SW + rotation) Multiple plasma sources (ionosphere + solar wind + satellites) Giant Planet Magnetospheres Planetary Interiors Dynamo Convection Conductivity Rotation Induction Planetary Atmospheres Auroral precipitation Auroral heating Ionization Radiative transfer Thermospheric winds Satellite Surfaces Radiolosis Sputtering Satellite Atmospheres Sputtering Heating Ionization Stripping Dust Rings Charging Transport Giant Planet Magnetospheres Logical step after Galileo and Cassini? Getting there! UN small, complex, variable Main issue of magnetosphere-planet coupling more easily addressed at Jupiter Earth demonstrated necessity of multi-spacecraft Giant Planet Magnetospheres Jupiter archetype of rotation-driven magnetospheres (~90% of Tom Hill’s 36 big issues of GPMs relate to Jupiter) Time to move beyond “exploration-mode” to “in-depth investigation-mode” Galileo attempted this but hampered by bits-to-ground and “old-style” mission Accessible by both spacecraft and earth-based telescopes Giant Planet Magnetospheres Ground-based Telescopes Radio Astronomy - synchrotron auroral emissions Visible - Io, plasma torus (limited) IR - Io volcanoes, Auroral emissions Earth Orbit HST - aurora, Io, torus EUVE, FUSE, CHANDRA…. BUT…. System variable and coupled - need to observe multiple components simultaneously Limited access to telescopes Need in situ measurements Giant Planet MagnetospheresLearning From Terrestrial Studies Multiple missions Upstream Solar Wind (from L1) Middle magnetosphere (Geosynch) Polar orbits Magnetotail Ground, Rocket, LEO Studies Multiple viewpoints Instrumentation on operational s/c Co-ordination International