Patchy Proton Aurora At Mars: First Images, Multiple
Morphologies, And Three Newly Observed Formation
Mechanisms
Mike Chaffin, Lasp, University Of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. (Michael.Chaffin@Colorado.Edu),
Chris Fowler, West Virginia University, Physics And Astronomy, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States,
Justin Deighan, Sonal Jain, Greg Holsclaw, Lasp, University Of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A., Andréa Hughes, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md, Usa, Robin Ramstad, Yaxue Dong, Dave
Brain, Lasp, University Of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A., Hoor Almazmi, Uae Space Agency, Abu
Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Scott England, Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University, Aerospace
And Ocean Engineering, Blacksburg, Va, United States, Matt Fillingim, Rob Lillis, Space Sciences Laboratory, University Of California Berkeley, Berkeley, Ca, United States, Fatma Lootah, Mohammed Bin Rashid
Space Center, Al Khawaneej, United Arab Emirates, Krishnaprasad Chirakkil, Susarla Raghuram, Lasp
And Khalifa University Of Science Technology And Research, Space And Planetary Science Center, Abu Dhabi,
United Arab Emirates, Jim Mcfadden, Space Sciences Laboratory, University Of California Berkeley, Berkeley, Ca, United States, Jasper Halekas, Department Of Physics And Astronomy, University Of Iowa, Iowa City,
Iowa, Usa, Jared Espley, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md, Usa, Nick Schneider, Lasp, University Of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A., Hessa Almatroushi, Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center, Al
Khawaneej, United Arab Emirates
We Present The First Definitive Observations Of
Patchy Proton Aurora At Mars, Indicating Spatially
Variable Precipitation Of The Solar Wind Across The
Full Dayside Of The Planet Under Some Rare (Likely
Radial) Upstream Solar Wind Conditions. We Also Present More Confined Patchy Aurora Seen At Other Times
When The Upstream Solar Wind Conditions Are Typical,