The Juno spacecraft.s approach to Jupiter presents the opportunity to utilisesimultaneous remote X-ray and in situ observations to address three fundamentalopen questions in X-ray and magnetospheric physics: 1) What processes atJupiter.s magnetopause (the source for ions that generate Jupiter.s soft X-rayaurora) drive the X-ray emission? 2) What is the nature of the globalinteraction between Jupiter and the solar wind? 3) How does the X-ray emissionconnect with UV and Radio emissions? To address these long-standing questions,we propose XMM-Newton EPIC and RGS observations of Jupiter during May and June2016 when Juno is in the solar wind and crossing the magnetopause. The nextopportunity to conduct observations like these will not be until 2030.
Instrument
EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, RGS1, RGS2
Temporal Coverage
2016-05-18T12:45:00Z/2016-05-24T22:32:20Z
Version
17.56_20190403_1200
Mission Description
The European Space Agencys (ESA) X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) was launched by an Ariane 504 on December 10th 1999. XMM-Newton is ESAs second cornerstone of the Horizon 2000 Science Programme. It carries 3 high throughput X-ray telescopes with an unprecedented effective area, and an optical monitor, the first flown on a X-ray observatory. The large collecting area and ability to make long uninterrupted exposures provide highly sensitive observations. Since Earths atmosphere blocks out all X-rays, only a telescope in space can detect and study celestial X-ray sources. The XMM-Newton mission is helping scientists to solve a number of cosmic mysteries, ranging from the enigmatic black holes to the origins of the Universe itself. Observing time on XMM-Newton is being made available to the scientific community, applying for observational periods on a competitive basis.
European Space Agency, Mr William Dunn, 2017, 'How Does the Solar Wind Drive Jupiter.s X-ray AuroraquestionMark', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-68ghekv
