Articles | Volume 44, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-44-511-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-44-511-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
JUICE-MAJIS Earth observations during the 2024 gravity assist: first analysis and comparison with PRISMA data
Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (IAPS/INAF), Rome, Italy
Emiliano D'Aversa
Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (IAPS/INAF), Rome, Italy
Alessandra Migliorini
Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (OAPd/INAF), Padova, Italy
Giuseppe Piccioni
Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (IAPS/INAF), Rome, Italy
François Poulet
Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, CNRS/Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay CEDEX, France
Yves Langevin
Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, CNRS/Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay CEDEX, France
Gianrico Filacchione
Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (IAPS/INAF), Rome, Italy
Mauro Ciarniello
Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (IAPS/INAF), Rome, Italy
Sébastien Rodriguez
Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, CNRS/Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay CEDEX, France
Benoît Seignovert
OSUNA, UAR-3281, LPG UMR-6112, CNRS, Nantes Université, Nantes, France
Alessandro Mura
Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (IAPS/INAF), Rome, Italy
Leigh N. Fletcher
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
Sandrine Guerlet
Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique, LMD-IPSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université PSL, Institut Polytechnique, Paris, France
LIRA, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, 92195 Meudon CEDEX, France
Angelo Zinzi
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), Rome, Italy
Marco Giardino
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), Rome, Italy
Ettore Lopinto
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), Rome, Italy
Giuseppe Sindoni
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), Rome, Italy
Christina Plainaki
Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (IAPS/INAF), Rome, Italy
Data sets
ESA-JUICE_LEGA-Special-Issue_v1.0 European Space Agency https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-2bb387d
Short summary
During its first Earth flyby, the JUpiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) spacecraft acquired observations over the Western Pacific. We identify several gaseous compounds (O2, H2O, CO2, O3, CH4, N2O), liquid/ice clouds over the ocean and atmospheric waves at high altitudes. We find good agreement with similar observations of Earth-orbiting PRISMA spectrometer. This study helps in planning future observations from the Moon and Jupiter Imaging Spectrometer (Majis) when it comes to the Jupiter system.
During its first Earth flyby, the JUpiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) spacecraft acquired...