Abstract We outline an analytical method for studying the motion of charged dust particles that orbit an oblate planet having a tilted, offset, dipolar magnetic field. Our computed trajectories closely mimic previous numerical results; equilibrium dust potentials must be less then 10 volts or the Jovian ring would be thicker than observed. We identify several , where the periods of components of the Lorentz force, as seen by a reference particle moving in the equatorial plane, match the particle's orbital period; several seem to be near observed features of the Jovian ring system.
Dust motion in Jupiter's tilted magnetic field
Advances in Space Research ; 4 , 9 ; 107-110
1984-01-01
4 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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