Dataset Open Access
MHD Model of Ganymede's Magnetosphere: Predicted magnetic field on Juno's trajectory
Duling, Stefan;
Saur, Joachim;
Clark, George;
Allegrini, Frederic;
Greathouse, Thomas;
Gladstone, Randy;
Kurth, William;
Connerney, John E. P.;
Bagenal, Fran;
Sulaiman, Ali H.
This dataset contains model results from a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) model of Ganymede's magnetosphere adapted to Juno's PJ34 flyby in 2021. Here we publish predicted magnetic field components on Juno's trajectory that can be compared to MAG measurements and are displayed in Figure 3 of Duling et al. (2022).
Each file contains data from one model. The dataset includes all models with parameter variations from Duling et al. (2022). These are summarized in Table 1 of Duling et al. (2022) and displayed in Figure 3 with the gray lines.
If not varied, all models are run with the following parameters:
Upstream Jovian background magnetic field B0 = (−15,24,−75) nT
Upstream plasma velocity v0 = 140 km/s
Upstream plasma mass density \(\rho\)0 = 100 amu/cm3
Upstream plasma thermal pressure p0 = 2.8 nPa
Ionization frequency \(\nu_{ion}\) = 2.2e8/s
Atmospheric surface mass density \(n_{n,0}\) = 8e6/cm3
Dipole Gauss coefficient \(g_1^0\) = −716.8 nT
The published data files correspond to the following models with each one parameter variation:
| Parameter | Value | Filename Suffix |
|---|---|---|
| default model | - | default |
| Upstream Jovian background magnetic field (measured before flyby) | B0 = (−16,3,−70) nT | B0before |
| Upstream Jovian background magnetic field (measured after flyby) | B0 = (−14,43,−80) nT | B0after |
| Upstream plasma velocity (min) | v0 = 120 km/s | v- |
| Upstream plasma velocity (max) | v0 = 160 km/s | v+ |
| Upstream plasma mass density (min) | \(\rho\)0 = 10 amu/cm3 | rho- |
| Upstream plasma mass density (max) | \(\rho\)0 = 160 amu/cm3 | rho+ |
| Upstream plasma thermal pressure (min) | p0 = 1.0 nPa | p- |
| Upstream plasma thermal pressure (max) | p0 = 5.0 nPa | p+ |
| Ionization frequency (min) | \(\nu_{ion}\) = 0.5e8/s | prod- |
| Ionization frequency (max) | \(\nu_{ion}\) = 10.0e8/s | prod+ |
| Atmospheric surface mass density (min) | \(n_{n,0}\) = 1.6e6/cm3 | nn- |
| Atmospheric surface mass density (max) | \(n_{n,0}\) = 40e6/cm3 | nn+ |
| Dipole Gauss coefficient (min) | \(g_1^0\) = −702.5 nT | dipole- |
| Dipole Gauss coefficient (max) | \(g_1^0\) = −731.1 nT | dipole+ |
Magnetic Field components and Juno's position are in GPhiO system. GPhiO is defined by the primary direction z parallel to Jupiter’s rotation axis, the secondary direction y is pointing from Ganymede's towards Jupiter's barycenter and x completes the right-handed system approximately in direction of plasma flow.
Columns:
Spacecraft time [UTC]
Bx modeled magnetic field in GPhiO [nT]
By modeled magnetic field in GPhiO [nT]
Bz modeled magnetic field in GPhiO [nT]
B modeled magnetic field magnitude [nT]
x of Juno in GPhiO [km]
y of Juno in GPhiO [km]
z of Juno in GPhiO [km]
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| Views | 34 | 34 |
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| Data volume | 2.3 MB | 2.3 MB |
| Unique views | 31 | 31 |
| Unique downloads | 5 | 5 |
- Publication date:
- February 10, 2023
- DOI:
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- Keyword(s):
- Juno Ganymede Magnetosphere MHD Model Magnetic Field
- Grants:
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European Commission:
- Exo-Oceans - Searching and Characterizing Extraterrestrial Subsurface Oceans (884711)
- Related identifiers:
- Supplement to
- 10.1029/2022GL101688 (Journal article)
- Supplementary material
- 10.5281/zenodo.7105334 (Dataset)
- 10.5281/zenodo.7096938 (Dataset)
- License (for files):
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International