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Title:		A generalized hinged-magnetodisc model of Jupiter's nightside current sheet
Authors:		KHURANA, KRISHAN K.
Affiliation:		AA(California, University, Los Angeles)
Journal:		Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 97, no. A5, May 1, 1992, p. 6269-6276.
Publication Date:		05/1992
Category:		Lunar and Planetary Exploration
Origin:		STI
NASA/STI Keywords:		CURRENT SHEETS, JUPITER (PLANET), MATHEMATICAL MODELS, NIGHT, PLANETARY MAGNETOTAILS, CROSSINGS, PLANETARY MAGNETOSPHERES, SOLAR PLANETARY INTERACTIONS
Bibliographic Code:		1992JGR....97.6269K

Abstract

A nonaxial hinged magnetodisk model of Jupiter's nightside current sheet is presented. The model organizes the current sheet crossings equally successfully for all three of the spacecraft that have visited the nightside of Jupiter. The model assumes that the hinging is caused by the action of the solar wind forcing on the magnetotail of Jupiter. It is found necessary to include both the hinging of the current sheet and the propagation delay to obtain good fits to the observations.

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