Wind Blowing Out of Uranus Makes It Hard to Probe, NASA Complains
Briefly

from Futurism5 months ago
As scientists from NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab revealed, the magnetosphere of Uranus might have been inaccurately assessed due to a rare wind event during Voyager 2's flyby, skewing data interpretation.
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"We postulate that such a compression of the magnetosphere could increase energetic electron fluxes within the radiation belts and empty the magnetosphere of its plasma temporarily," indicating that magnetospheric dynamics may dramatically alter our understanding of planetary characteristics.
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Jasinski's analysis suggests that Voyager 2, if it had visited Uranus just a week earlier, would have encountered a distinctly different magnetosphere, highlighting the significant impact of solar weather.
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The study indicates there may be two distinct magnetospheric cycles during solar minimum phases, which could imply further complexities in Uranus's interactions with solar activity.
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