Jovian-like aurorae on Saturn.

Abstract:

:Planetary aurorae are formed by energetic charged particles streaming along the planet's magnetic field lines into the upper atmosphere from the surrounding space environment. Earth's main auroral oval is formed through interactions with the solar wind, whereas that at Jupiter is formed through interactions with plasma from the moon Io inside its magnetic field (although other processes form aurorae at both planets). At Saturn, only the main auroral oval has previously been observed and there remains much debate over its origin. Here we report the discovery of a secondary oval at Saturn that is approximately 25 per cent as bright as the main oval, and we show this to be caused by interaction with the middle magnetosphere around the planet. This is a weak equivalent of Jupiter's main oval, its relative dimness being due to the lack of as large a source of ions as Jupiter's volcanic moon Io. This result suggests that differences seen in the auroral emissions from Saturn and Jupiter are due to scaling differences in the conditions at each of these two planets, whereas the underlying formation processes are the same.

journal_name

Nature

journal_title

Nature

authors

Stallard T,Miller S,Melin H,Lystrup M,Cowley SW,Bunce EJ,Achilleos N,Dougherty M

doi

10.1038/nature07077

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2008-06-19 00:00:00

pages

1083-5

issue

7198

eissn

0028-0836

issn

1476-4687

pii

nature07077

journal_volume

453

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