Search Results - "Massetti, Stefano"
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Morphology of the Auroral Tail of Io, Europa, and Ganymede From JIRAM L‐Band Imager
Published in Journal of geophysical research. Space physics (01-09-2021)“…Jupiter hosts intense auroral activity associated with charged particles precipitating into the planet's atmosphere. The Galilean moons orbiting within the…”
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Planetary space weather: scientific aspects and future perspectives
Published in Journal of space weather and space climate (2016)“…In this paper, we review the scientific aspects of planetary space weather at different regions of our Solar System, performing a comparative planetology…”
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The H2O and O2 exospheres of Ganymede: The result of a complex interaction between the jovian magnetospheric ions and the icy moon
Published in Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962) (01-01-2015)“…•At small altitudes above the moon’s subsolar point the main exosphere component is sublimated H2O.•The sputtered-H2O distribution exhibits close…”
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Dynamical evolution of sodium anisotropies in the exosphere of Mercury
Published in Planetary and space science (01-07-2013)“…Despite the recent MESSENGER measurements, the exosphere of Mercury, the tenuous collisionless cloud of gas surrounding the planet, still needs a comprehensive…”
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The sodium exosphere of Mercury: Comparison between observations during Mercury's transit and model results
Published in Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962) (01-03-2009)“…In this study we compare the sodium exosphere observations made by Schleicher et al. [Schleicher, H., and 4 colleagues, 2004. Astron. Astrophys. 425,…”
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Multiscale Features of the Near-Hermean Environment as Derived Through the Hilbert-Huang Transform
Published in Frontiers in physics (12-04-2021)“…The interaction between the interplanetary medium and planetary environments gives rise to different phenomena on several temporal and spatial scales. Here, we…”
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Field-aligned currents of postnoon auroral arcs
Published in Journal of Geophysical Research - Space Physics (01-03-2009)“…On 9 January 2008, postnoon (at about 15–16 magnetic local time [MLT]) poleward moving auroral arcs were observed over Svalbard during slightly negative…”
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The Jovian Energetic Ion Environment of Ganymede: Planetary Space Weather Considerations in View of the JUICE Mission
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-12-2022)“…Abstract Determining the properties of radiation environments inside planetary magnetospheres is one of the key challenges of planetary space weather science…”
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Magnetic local time (MLT) dependence of auroral peak emission height and morphology
Published in Annales geophysicae (1988) (12-10-2022)“…We investigate the bulk behaviour of auroral structures and peak emission height as a function of magnetic local time (MLT). These data are collected from the…”
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Kinetic Simulations of the Jovian Energetic Ion Circulation around Ganymede
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-09-2020)“…The temporal and spatial variability of the radiation environment around Ganymede has a direct impact on the moon's exosphere, which links Jupiter's…”
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THEMIS Na exosphere observations of Mercury and their correlation with in-situ magnetic field measurements by MESSENGER
Published in Planetary and space science (01-09-2015)“…The Na exosphere of Mercury is being studied since its discovery in mid ‘80s from Earth-based telescopes, and it has revealed a high dynamics and variability…”
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Exospheric Na distributions along the Mercury orbit with the THEMIS telescope
Published in Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962) (01-02-2021)“…The Na exosphere of Mercury is characterized by the variability of the emission lines intensity and of its distribution in time scales from less than one hour…”
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BepiColombo Science Investigations During Cruise and Flybys at the Earth, Venus and Mercury
Published in Space science reviews (01-02-2021)“…The dual spacecraft mission BepiColombo is the first joint mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)…”
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Preliminary estimation of the detection possibilities of Ganymede’s water vapor environment with MAJIS
Published in Planetary and space science (15-10-2020)“…The exosphere of Ganymede is the interface region linking the moon’s icy surface to Jupiter’s magnetospheric environment. Its characterization is of key…”
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The influence of space environment on the evolution of Mercury
Published in Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962) (01-09-2014)“…•Mercury surface evolution since Solar System formation.•Sun-induced surface erosion and Na-depletion.•Erosion induced by ion sputtering: 1–10m.•Na depletion…”
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Analytical model of Europa’s O2 exosphere
Published in Planetary and space science (01-10-2016)“…The origin of the exosphere of Europa is its water ice surface. The existing exosphere models, assuming either a collisionless environment (simple Monte Carlo…”
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Echo occurrence in the southern polar ionosphere for the SuperDARN Dome C East and Dome C North radars
Published in Polar science (01-06-2021)“…In this paper, echo occurrence rates for the Dome C East (DCE) and the new Dome C North (DCN) radars are studied. We report the ionospheric and ground scatter…”
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Investigation of the possible effects of comet Encke's meteoroid stream on the Ca exosphere of Mercury
Published in Journal of geophysical research. Planets (01-06-2017)“…The MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) observations of the seasonal variability of Mercury's Ca exosphere are consistent…”
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Dynamical evolution of sodium anisotropies in the exopshere of Mercury
Published in Planetary and space science (2013)“…Despite the recent MESSENGER measurements, the exosphere of Mercury, the tenuous collisionless cloud of gas surrounding the planet, still needs a comprehensive…”
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Mapping of the cusp plasma precipitation on the surface of Mercury
Published in Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962) (01-12-2003)“…The presence of a magnetosphere around Mercury plays a fundamental role on the way the solar wind plasma interacts with the planet. Since the observations…”
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