Images of Io's sodium cloud

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Feb 1978

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978sci...199..531m&link_type=abstract

Science, vol. 199, Feb. 3, 1978, p. 531-533.

Physics

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Earth Magnetosphere, Io, Sodium Vapor, Spectrophotometry, Sputtering, Albedo, D Lines, Jupiter Atmosphere, Spectral Energy Distribution, Jupiter, Satellites, Io, Atmosphere, Sodium, Clouds, Imagery

Scientific paper

The first direct images of Io's sodium cloud are reported and analyzed. The observed cloud extends for more than 100,000 kilometers along Io's orbit and is a somewhat 'banana-shaped' partial toroid. More sodium atoms precede Io than follow it. A model based on the escape of sodium from a specific localized area on Io provides a reasonable fit to the observed intensity distribution whereas isotropic escape does not.

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