Image of the Cold Plasmas around the Earth Observed by Telescope of Extreme Ultraviolet (TEX) onboard KAGUYA: Geoscience from the Moon

Go MURAKAMI; Ichiro YOSHIKAWA; Atsushi YAMAZAKI; Kazuo YOSHIOKA; Shingo KAMEDA; Wataru MIYAKE; Makoto TAGUCHI; Masayuki KIKUCHI; Masato NAKAMURA; Shoichi OKANO

doi:10.2322/tastj.8.Tn_23

n) Earth Observation

Image of the Cold Plasmas around the Earth Observed by Telescope of Extreme Ultraviolet (TEX) onboard KAGUYA: Geoscience from the Moon

Go MURAKAMI, Ichiro YOSHIKAWA, Atsushi YAMAZAKI, Kazuo YOSHIOKA, Shingo KAMEDA, Wataru MIYAKE, Makoto TAGUCHI, Masayuki KIKUCHI, Masato NAKAMURA, Shoichi OKANO

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Go MURAKAMI
Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo
Ichiro YOSHIKAWA
Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo
Atsushi YAMAZAKI
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, JAXA
Kazuo YOSHIOKA
Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo
Shingo KAMEDA
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, JAXA
Wataru MIYAKE
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Tokai University
Makoto TAGUCHI
Department of Physics, Rikkyo University
Masayuki KIKUCHI
National Institute of Polar Research
Masato NAKAMURA
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, JAXA
Shoichi OKANO
Planetary Plasma and Atmospheric Research Center, Tohoku University

Keywords: Plasmasphere, Polar Wind, Polar Ionosphere, Magnetosphere, EUV Imaging

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2011 Volume 8 Issue ists27 Pages Tn_23-Tn_28

DOI https://doi.org/10.2322/tastj.8.Tn_23

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Abstract

We have succeeded in imaging of the terrestrial plasmasphere by the Telescope of Extreme Ultraviolet (TEX) aboard Japan's lunar orbiter KAGUYA. The view afforded by the KAGUYA orbit encompasses the plasma distribution in a single exposure, enabling us to examine for the first time the globally-averaged properties of the plasmasphere from the “side” (meridian) perspective. This is the world first image of the plasmasphere from the moon.

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