Corotation lag limit on mass-loss rate from Io

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Aug 1987

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987apj...319.1003h&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 319, Aug. 15, 1987, p. 1003-1009.

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Corotation, Earth Magnetosphere, Io, Jupiter (Planet), Mass Transfer, Water, Atmospheric Models, Evolution (Development), Photoionization, Planetary Ionospheres, Plasmas (Physics), Satellite Temperature, Jupiter, Satellites, Corotation, Mass Loading, Magnetosphere, Plasma, Escape, Water, Plasma Torus, Dissociation, Ionization, Diffusion, Injection, Photoionization, Neutral Particles, Temperature, Opacity, Comparisons, Calculations, Transport, Ions

Scientific paper

Considering rapid escape of H2O from Io during an early hot evolutionary epoch, an H2O plasma torus is constructed by balancing dissociation and ionization products against centrifugally driven diffusion, including for the first time the effects of corotation lag resulting from mass loading. Two fundamental limits are found as the mass injection rate increases: (1) an 'ignition' limit of 1.1 x 10 to the 6th kg/s, beyond which the torus cannot ionize itself and photoionization dominates; and (2) the ultimate mass loading limit of 1.3 x 10 to the 7th kg/s, which occurs when neutrals newly created by charge exchange and recombination cannot leave the torus, thereby bringing magnetospherically driven transport to a halt. Connecting this limit with the variations of Io's temperature in its early evolution epoch gives an estimate of the upper limit on the total mass loss from Io, about 3.0 x 10 to the 20th kg (for high-opacity nebula) and about 8.9 x 10 to the 20th kg (for low-opacity nebula). These limits correspond to eroding 8 km and 22 km of H2O from the surface. It is concluded that compared to the other Galilean satellites, Io was created basically dry.

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