The extended sodium nebula of Jupiter

Details The extended sodium nebula of Jupiter The extended sodium nebula of Jupiter

Nov 1990

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Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 348, Nov. 22, 1990, p. 312-314. Research supported by the McDonald Observatory.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

51

Interplanetary Medium, Io, Jupiter (Planet), Planetary Composition, Sodium, Abundance, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Planetary Magnetospheres

Scientific paper

The detection of a cloud of neutral Na near Jupiter's moon Io has led to the use of Na as a tracer of processes in the Jovian environment. Here the detection of Na to distances beyond about 400 Jupiter radii is reported, an observation that requires the ejection rate of Na atoms to be increased. By relating the shape of this great nebula to conditions in the plasma torus surrounding Jupiter, it is shown that ground-based imaging techniques can provide information about distant planetary magnetospheres.

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