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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
卷 46, 期 3, 页码 1149-1157出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1029/2018GL081544
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- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) [80NSSC17K0772]
We analyze the magnetic field perturbations observed near Jupiter's icy moon Europa by the Galileo spacecraft during the E26 flyby on 3 January 2000. In addition to the expected large-scale signatures of magnetic fieldline draping and induction, the E26 data set contains various prominent structures on length scales much smaller than the moon's radius. By applying a hybrid (kinetic ions and fluid electrons) model of Europa's interaction with the impinging magnetospheric plasma, we demonstrate that these fine structures in the magnetic field are consistent with Galileo's passage through a water vapor plume whose source was located in Europa's orbital trailing, southern hemisphere. Considering the large-scale asymmetries of Europa's global atmosphere alone is not sufficient to explain the observed magnetic signatures. Combined with the recent identification of a plume during the earlier E12 flyby of Galileo, our results provide strong evidence that plume activity at Europa was a persistent phenomenon during the Galileo era.
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