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The Magnetic Fields of the Galilean Moons of Jupiter: The Galileo Spacecraft Magnetometer Results

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The Three Galileos: The Man, the Spacecraft, the Telescope

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We review magnetic field measurements from flybys of the Galilean moons. Large or at least detectable magnetic perturbations during flybys were expected. Intrinsic fields were not. Ganymede has an intrinsic field, as probably do Io and Europa, constituting a major discovery in planetary science.

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Southwood, D.J., Kivelson, M.G. (1998). The Magnetic Fields of the Galilean Moons of Jupiter: The Galileo Spacecraft Magnetometer Results. In: Barbieri, C., Rahe, J.H., Johnson, T.V., Sohus, A.M. (eds) The Three Galileos: The Man, the Spacecraft, the Telescope. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 220. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8790-7_26

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