Angular momentum transfer to the inner Jovian satellites

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Dec 1975

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975natur.258..692m&link_type=abstract

Nature, vol. 258, Dec. 25, 1975, p. 692, 693. NASA-supported research.

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Angular Momentum, Europa, Io, Jupiter (Planet), Momentum Transfer, Natural Satellites, Planetary Magnetic Fields, Magnetic Effects, Orbital Elements, Planetary Evolution, Planetary Magnetospheres

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Transfer of angular momentum from Jupiter to the four inner satellites in the presence of the Jovian magnetic field is considered. Electron-flux measurements near Io's flux tube and theoretical estimates of the electric currents flowing through the same flux tube are used to estimate the angular-momentum transfer during the evolutionary history of the Jovian system. The results show that the electric currents are sufficient to have produced an angular-momentum transfer from Jupiter equal to the present angular momentum of the inner satellites.

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