The distribution of sodium in Io's cloud - Implications

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Jan 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980icar...41..131m&link_type=abstract

Icarus, vol. 41, Jan. 1980, p. 131-141.

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Atmospheric Models, Io, Jupiter (Planet), Satellite Atmospheres, Sodium, Ionization, Planetary Orbits, Space Exploration, Spatial Distribution, Velocity Distribution, Jupiter, Satellites, Io, Clouds, Distribution, Sodium, Models, Comparisons, Observations, Ejection, Flux, Velocity, Data, Ionization, Distance, Wavelengths, Emissions, Analysis

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Models for the distribution of sodium in Io's vicinity and in a disk in Io's orbital plane, compared with observational data, support the arguments that (1) Io is the source of the sodium; (2) sodium is ejected from the inside hemisphere and most of the high velocity sodium which is observed is ejected from the leading inside quadrant; (3) most of the sodium leads Io in Io's vicinity but follows Io at distances of more than Jupiter radii from Jupiter; (4) a significant fraction of the sodium flux is ejected at large angles with respect to Io's orbital plane; (5) the source velocity distribution has a pronounced high-velocity tail; and (6) impact ionization by electrons is significant at large distances from Io.

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