TY - GEN
T1 - A jovian small orbiter for magnetospheric and auroral studies with the solar-sail project
AU - Kasaba, Yasumasa
AU - Takashima, T.
AU - Misawa, Hiroaki
PY - 2009/11/30
Y1 - 2009/11/30
N2 - The Solar-Sail Project has been investigated by JAXA as an engineering mission with a small orbiter into the Jovian orbit. This paper summarizes the basic design of this project and possible Jovian system studies by this opportunity. The large-scale Jovian mission has been discussed as a long future plan since the 1970s, when the investigation of the future planetary exploration program started in Japan. The largest planet and its complex planetary system would be studied by several main objectives: (1) The structure of a gas planet: the internal and atmospheric structures of a gas planet which could not be a star. (2) The Jovian-type magnetosphere: the structure and processes of the largest and strongest magnetosphere in the solar system. (3) The structure, composition, and evolution of Jupiter and its satellite system. The small Jovian orbiter accompanied with the Solar-Sail Project will try to establish the technical feasibility of such future outer planet missions in Japan. The main objective is the second target, the Jovian magnetospheric and auroral studies with its limited payload resources.
AB - The Solar-Sail Project has been investigated by JAXA as an engineering mission with a small orbiter into the Jovian orbit. This paper summarizes the basic design of this project and possible Jovian system studies by this opportunity. The large-scale Jovian mission has been discussed as a long future plan since the 1970s, when the investigation of the future planetary exploration program started in Japan. The largest planet and its complex planetary system would be studied by several main objectives: (1) The structure of a gas planet: the internal and atmospheric structures of a gas planet which could not be a star. (2) The Jovian-type magnetosphere: the structure and processes of the largest and strongest magnetosphere in the solar system. (3) The structure, composition, and evolution of Jupiter and its satellite system. The small Jovian orbiter accompanied with the Solar-Sail Project will try to establish the technical feasibility of such future outer planet missions in Japan. The main objective is the second target, the Jovian magnetospheric and auroral studies with its limited payload resources.
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U2 - 10.1063/1.3169297
DO - 10.1063/1.3169297
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:70450265830
SN - 9780735406810
T3 - AIP Conference Proceedings
SP - 228
EP - 231
BT - Future Perspectives of Space Plasma and Particle Instrumentation and International Collaborations - Proceedings of the International Conference
T2 - International Conference on Future Perspectives of Space Plasma and Particle Instrumentation and International Collaborations
Y2 - 1 November 2006 through 3 November 2006
ER -