Cassini Imaging of Jupiter's Atmosphere, Satellites, and Rings

• Published in: Science
• Main Authors: Porco, Carolyn C., West, Robert A., McEwen, Alfred, Del Genio, Anthony D., Ingersoll, Andrew P., Thomas, Peter, Squyres, Steve, Dones, Luke, Murray, Carl D., Johnson, Torrence V., Burns, Joseph A., Brahic, Andre, Neukum, Gerhard, Veverka, Joseph, Barbara, John M., Denk, Tilmann, Evans, Michael, Ferrier, Joseph J., Geissler, Paul, Helfenstein, Paul, Roatsch, Thomas, Throop, Henry, Tiscareno, Matthew, Vasavada, Ashwin R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2003
• Subjects: Jupiter; North Pole
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1079462; https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.1079462

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...