EUROPEAN PLANETARY SCIENCE CONGRESS 2009

Ganymede's magnetosphere makes big impression on Jupiter's auroral lightshows 

Images and animations of Jupiter's aurorae:

Still from movie showing the northern auroral region of Jupiter.   Actual duration of sequence ~30 minutes.  The bulk of the aurora rotates with the planet. Credit: Grodent/Hubble Space Telescope Team.

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HST Program GO-10140; PI: Denis Grodent (ESA Univeristy of Liege). Filter F125LP, exposure time 110 sec, date: 25 April 2005 

HST/ACS FUV image of auroral region in Jupiter’s Northern hemisphere, showing Io and Ganymede auroral footprints. Credit: Grodent/Hubble Space Telescope Team
HST program GO-10862, date: 17 May 2007

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HST/ACS FUV image of auroral region in Jupiter’s Southern hemisphere, showing Io and Ganymede auroral footprints. The moon in the background is Callisto. Credit: Grodent/Hubble Space Telescope Team
HST program GO-10862, date 19 May 2007

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