Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-03-13
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
pages:44 figures: 7 tables:3
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.icarus.2007.06.025
In February 2003, March 2003 and January 2004 Pele plume transmission spectra were obtained during Jupiter transit with Hubble's Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS), using the 0.1 arcsec long slit and the G230LB grating. The STIS spectra covered the 2100-3100 A wavelength region and extended spatially along Io's limb both northward of Pele. The S2 and SO2 absorption signatures evident in the these data indicate that the gas signature at Pele was temporally variable, and that an S2 absorption signature was present ~ 12 deg. from the Pele vent near 6+/-5 S and 264 +/-15 W, suggesting the presence of another S2 bearing plume on Io. Contemporaneous with the spectral data, UV and visible-wavelength images of the plume were obtained in reflected sunlight with the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) prior to Jupiter transit. The dust scattering recorded in these data provide an additional qualitative measure of plume activity on Io, indicating that the degree of dust scattering over Pele varied as a function of the date of observation, and that there were several other dust bearing plumes active just prior to Jupiter transit. We present constraints on the composition and variability of the gas abundances of the Pele plume as well as the plumes detected by ACS and recorded within the STIS data, as a function of time. We discuss the implications of these results for thermochemical conditions at the plume vents, and our understanding of plume eruption styles active on Io.
Lea Jessup Kandis
Spencer John Robert
Yelle Roger
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