Jupiter in 2003/04: Report no.2: Northern Equatorial Region
Jupiter in 2003/04:
INTERIM REPORT ON NORTHERN EQUATORIAL REGION
John Rogers (British Astronomical Association), 2004 March 8
Summary
The northern equatorial region [EZ(N) and NEBs] is particularly active and interesting this apparition, and is in a similar state to that during the Voyager encounters in 1979. Common features are:
1) Weak yellowish shading in EZ(N)
2) Prominent NEBs dark projections and bright plumes
3) A long-lived rifted region in NEB.
Moreover, two phenomena are being observed in 2004 which confirm discoveries made in the 1979 data:
4) NEBs dark projections are enhanced when passing the NEB rifted region;
5) In EZ(N), UV-bright areas are displaced from the corresponding visibly-bright areas.
The attached PDF files contain (1) the full text and (2) reduced versions of the 12 figures.
Jup_report_2003-04-no2_EQR.pdf
Jup_report_EQR_minifigures.pdf
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