Saturn's hydrogen aurora: Wide field and planetary camera 2 imaging from the Hubble Space Telescope

John T. Trauger; John T. Clarke; Gilda E. Ballester; Robin W. Evans; Christopher J. Burrows; David Crisp; John S. Gallagher; Richard E. Griffiths; J. Jeff Hester; John G. Hoessel; Jon A. Holtzman; John E. Krist; Jeremy R. Mould; Raghvendra Sahai; Paul A. Scowen; Karl R. Stapelfeldt; Alan M. Watson

doi:10.1029/98je01324

Saturn's hydrogen aurora: Wide field and planetary camera 2 imaging from the Hubble Space Telescope

John T. Trauger, John T. Clarke, Gilda E. Ballester, Robin W. Evans, Christopher J. Burrows, David Crisp, John S. Gallagher, Richard E. Griffiths, J. Jeff Hester, John G. Hoessel, Jon A. Holtzman, John E. Krist, Jeremy R. Mould, Raghvendra Sahai, Paul A. Scowen, Karl R. Stapelfeldt, Alan M. Watson

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Wide field and planetary camera 2/Hubble Space Telescope (WFPC2/HST) images of Saturn's far ultraviolet aurora reveal emissions confined to a narrow band of latitudes near Saturn's north and south poles. The aurorae are most prominent in the morning sector with patterns that appear fixed in local time. The geographic distribution and vertical extent of the auroral emissions seen in these images provide the first new observational insights into the physical mechanisms that power Saturn's aurora since the Voyager encounters 17 years ago.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	20237-20244
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
Volume	103
Issue number	3339
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/98je01324
State	Published - 1998
Externally published	Yes

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Geochemistry and Petrology
Geophysics
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
Space and Planetary Science
Atmospheric Science
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Oceanography

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Trauger, J. T., Clarke, J. T., Ballester, G. E., Evans, R. W., Burrows, C. J., Crisp, D., Gallagher, J. S., Griffiths, R. E., Hester, J. J., Hoessel, J. G., Holtzman, J. A., Krist, J. E., Mould, J. R., Sahai, R., Scowen, P. A., Stapelfeldt, K. R., & Watson, A. M. (1998). Saturn's hydrogen aurora: Wide field and planetary camera 2 imaging from the Hubble Space Telescope. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 103(3339), 20237-20244. https://doi.org/10.1029/98je01324

Trauger, JT, Clarke, JT, Ballester, GE, Evans, RW, Burrows, CJ, Crisp, D, Gallagher, JS, Griffiths, RE, Hester, JJ, Hoessel, JG, Holtzman, JA, Krist, JE, Mould, JR, Sahai, R, Scowen, PA, Stapelfeldt, KR & Watson, AM 1998, 'Saturn's hydrogen aurora: Wide field and planetary camera 2 imaging from the Hubble Space Telescope', Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, vol. 103, no. 3339, pp. 20237-20244. https://doi.org/10.1029/98je01324

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Saturn's hydrogen aurora: Wide field and planetary camera 2 imaging from the Hubble Space Telescope

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