Investigation of the Magnetosphere of Ganymede with Galileo's Energetic Particle Detector
Ph.D. dissertation by Shawn M. Stone, University of Kansas,
1999.
Copyright 1999 by Shawn M. Stone. Used with permission.
1.6 Thesis Overview
The following two chapters present the information necessary to set up the physical and geometrical picture of this work. Chapter 2 covers single particle theory, adiabatic theory, loss cones, parallel and corotational electric fields, and pitch angle scattering. Chapter 3 covers the Galileo spacecraft, the EPD instrument, and coordinate systems. Once the support material is established, Chapter 4 presents the magnetic field modeling involved in defining model M1 and model M2. Chapter 5 presents the numerical procedure of time reversed particle following and the method of calculating rate profiles from the resulting trajectories. Chapter 6 and Chapter 7 present the results of the time reversed particle following for the G2 encounter with and without scattering and electric fields. Chapter 8 presents the discussion and conclusions based on the results in Chapter 6 and Chapter 7 for the G2 encounter, and Appendix B for the G7 encounter.
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QUICK FACTS
Mission Duration: Galileo was planned to have a mission duration of around 8 years, but was kept in operation for 13 years, 11 months, and 3 days, until it was destroyed in a controlled impact with Jupiter on September 21, 2003.
Destination: Galileo's destination was Jupiter and its moons, which it orbitted for 7 years, 9 months, and 13 days.