Prangé R, Engle I M, Clarke J T, Dunlop M, Ballester G E, Ip W H, Maurice S, Trauger J
Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, CNRS-Université Paris XI, Orsay, France.
Science. 1995 Mar 3;267(5202):1317-20. doi: 10.1126/science.7871430.
The electrodynamic interaction of the dust and gas comae of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with the jovian magnetosphere was unique and different from the atmospheric effects. Early theoretical predictions of auroral-type processes on the comet magnetic field line and advanced modeling of the time-varying morphology of these lines allowed dedicated observations with the Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 and resulted in the detection of a bright auroral spot. In that respect, this observation of the surface signature of an externally triggered auroral process can be considered as a "magnetospheric active experiment" on Jupiter.
苏梅克-列维9号彗星的尘埃和气体彗发与木星磁层的电动力学相互作用是独特的，不同于大气效应。早期对彗星磁场线上极光型过程的理论预测以及对这些磁场线随时间变化形态的先进建模，使得能够利用哈勃太空望远镜的宽视场行星相机2进行专门观测，并探测到一个明亮的极光斑点。在这方面，对外部触发极光过程的表面特征的这一观测可被视为在木星上进行的一项“磁层主动实验”。
