Mathematics
Scientific paper
Sep 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994icar..111...45w&link_type=abstract
Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 111, no. 1, p. 45-64
Mathematics
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Emission Spectra, Io, Line Spectra, Periodic Variations, Satellite Atmospheres, Sulfur, Toroidal Plasmas, Corotation, Fabry-Perot Interferometers, Phase Diagrams, Planetary Rotation, Spectrum Analysis
Scientific paper
In November and December 1988, we acquired 157 spectra of (S II) lambda 6731 emissions from the Io plasma torus with a Fabry-Perot interferometer at the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope facility on Kitt Peak. A major goal of this experiment was to extend our earlier studies of intensity variations in the plasma torus. Our earlier analysis (F. L. Roesler, F. Scherb, and R. J. Oliversen, 1984, of (S III) lambda 9531 emission spectra acquired in April 1982 had shown that the intensity of torus emissions varied periodically with a period of 10.20 +/- 0.06 hr (1-sigma uncertainty level), slightly longer than Jupiter's System 3 rotational period of 9.925 hr. We present here an reanalysis of our 1982 data revealing, in addition to the 10.20-hr period, a clear secondary periodicity at 9.95 +/- 0.906 hr. By constrast, we show that our new (S II) lambda 6731 data have a single period of 10.14 +/- 0.03 hr. which is neither the System 3 period nor the proposed 'System 4' period of 10.224 hr.
Roesler Fred L.
Scherb Frank
Woodward Roland Carey Jr.
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