2003/03/06 by C. C. Porco, Robert A. West, A. S. McEwen +21 · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Planetary Science and Exploration
paper · doi:10.1126/science.1079462
openalex publication_date 2003/03/06 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23
The Cassini Imaging Science Subsystem acquired about 26,000 images of the Jupiter system as the spacecraft encountered the giant planet en route to Saturn. We report findings on Jupiter's zonal winds, convective storms, low-latitude upper troposphere, polar stratosphere, and northern aurora. We also describe previously unseen emissions arising from Io and Europa in eclipse, a giant volcanic plume over Io's north pole, disk-resolved images of the satellite Himalia, circumstantial evidence for a causal relation between the satellites Metis and Adrastea and the main jovian ring, and information on the nature of the ring particles.