Supersonic winds in Jupiter's aurorae
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High-resolution spectra obtained using the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, have provided direct evidence for auroral electrojets around Jupiter's auroral ovals. These electrojets have winds near or in excess of the local speed of sound, and the energy they produce could heat the entire upper atmosphere, if the auroral regions link effectively with the rest of the planet. This research has presented strong confirmation of current understanding of the jovian magnetosphere.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1999
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Divide, conquer and unify
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Ludwig Prandtl, a 29 year old professor of mechanics at the Technical University of Hanover in 1904 presented a remarkable paper at the Third International Mathematical Congress in Heildelberg which helped to create modern fluid dyananius out of ancient hydraulics and nineteeth-centry hydrodynamics. His methodological eclecticism has set the style of fluid dynamics research in the twentieth century.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
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