Juno Waves Detection of Dust Impacts Near Jupiter

The Juno spacecraft entered orbit at Jupiter on 5 July 2016. Since then, Juno has orbited Jupiter in high inclination orbits, crossing the ring plane near perijove. During 20 of the first 21 crossings, the Waves instrument detected signals associated with dust impacts. The impact rate profiles show peaks of order 6 s −1 around the ring plane with half width at half maximum ~2,000–3,000 km. The polarity ratio of the impact signals did not follow...