Magnetosphere and Plasma Science with the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer

Abstract The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer ( JUICE ) is a European Space Agency mission to explore Jupiter and its three icy Galilean moons: Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. Numerous JUICE investigations concern the magnetised space environments containing low-density populations of charged particles that surround each of these bodies. In the case of both Jupiter and Ganymede, the magnetic field generated internally produces a surrounding volume of space known as a magnetosphere. All these regions are natural laboratories where we can test and further our understanding of how such systems work, and improved knowledge of the environments around the moons of interest is important for probing sub-surface oceans that may be habitable. Here we review the magnetosphere and plasma science that will be enabled by JUICE from arrival at Jupiter in July 2031. We focus on the specific topics where the mission will push forward the boundaries of our understanding through a combination of the spacecraft trajectory through the system and the measurements that will be made by its suite of scientific instruments. Advances during the initial orbits around Jupiter will include construction of a comprehensive picture of the poorly understood region of Jupiter’s magnetosphere where rigid plasma rotation with the planet breaks down, and new perspectives on how Jupiter’s magnetosphere interacts with both Europa and Callisto. The later orbits around Ganymede will dramatically improve knowledge of this moon’s smaller magnetosphere embedded within the larger magnetosphere of Jupiter. We conclude by outlining the high-level operational strategy that will support this broad science return.

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Space Science Reviews
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2025-03-01
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-025-01148-8
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Abstract The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer ( JUICE ) is a European Space Agency mission to explore Jupiter and its three icy Galilean moons: Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. Numerous JUICE investigations concern the magnetised space environments containing low-density populations of charged particles that surround each of these bodies. In the case of both Jupiter and Ganymede, the magnetic field generated internally produces a surrounding volume of space known as a magnetosphere. All these regions are natural laboratories where we can test and further our understanding of how such systems work, and improved knowledge of the environments around the moons of interest is important for probing sub-surface oceans that may be habitable. Here we review the magnetosphere and plasma science that will be enabled by JUICE from arrival at Jupiter in July 2031. We focus on the specific topics where the mission will push forward the boundaries of our understanding through a combination of the spacecraft trajectory through the system and the measurements that will be made by its suite of scientific instruments. Advances during the initial orbits around Jupiter will include construction of a comprehensive picture of the poorly understood region of Jupiter’s magnetosphere where rigid plasma rotation with the planet breaks down, and new perspectives on how Jupiter’s magnetosphere interacts with both Europa and Callisto. The later orbits around Ganymede will dramatically improve knowledge of this moon’s smaller magnetosphere embedded within the larger magnetosphere of Jupiter. We conclude by outlining the high-level operational strategy that will support this broad science return.

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University of Bern (CH), Centrum Badań Kosmicznych (PL), Southwest Research Institute (US), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR), University of Tasmania (AU), University of Minnesota (US), Planetary Science Institute (US), Dublin Institute For Advanced Studies (IE), Swedish Institute of Space Physics (SE), Jet Propulsion Laboratory (US), Austrian Academy of Sciences (AT), École Polytechnique (FR), University of Leicester (GB), University of Liège (BE), Tokyo University of Science (JP), Khalifa University of Science and Technology (AE), University of Cologne (DE), University of Colorado Boulder (US), University of Trento (IT), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (FR), Tohoku University (JP), Université Paris Cité (FR), Charles University (CZ), Aix-Marseille Université (FR), Université Paris-Saclay (FR), University of Michigan (US), Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (IT), Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (US), Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR) (DE), Sorbonne Université (FR), Space Research Institute (AT), European Space Astronomy Centre (ES), Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology (IT), Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (FR), Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (US), Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (FR), Rhenish Institute for Environmental Research (DE), Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (DE), Laboratoire d’études spatiales et d’instrumentation en astrophysique (FR), Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Atmospheric Physics (CZ), Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas (FR), Laboratoire atmosphères, milieux, observations spatiales (FR), University of Southampton (GB), European Space Research and Technology Centre (NL), University College London (GB), The University of Texas at San Antonio (US), Imperial College London (GB), Weizmann Institute of Science (IL), Lancaster University (GB), Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC (NL), Sapienza University of Rome (IT), KTH Royal Institute of Technology (SE), University of Bologna (IT), Technische Universität Braunschweig (DE), Birkbeck, University of London (GB), Delft University of Technology (NL), Polish Academy of Sciences (PL)
National Science Foundation, European Space Agency, Science Foundation Ireland, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research, Science and Technology Facilities Council
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