Cassini Changed the Risk Map: Why Jupiter Radiation Planning Now Depends on the Electrons Below the Peak
Jupiter mission planning is no longer based on a simple assumption that its radiation belts are just a larger, harsher version of Earth’s. For ESA’s Juice mission, the decisive shift is that newer measurements, especially from Cassini’s 2000 flyby, point to a more uneven and in some ways more dangerous electron environment than older expectations…