Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
May 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994georl..21..847b&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 21, no. 10, p. 847-850
Physics
Plasma Physics
54
Emission Spectra, Io, Planetary Orbits, Plasma Physics, Rotating Plasmas, Space Plasmas, Toroidal Plasmas, Astronomical Spectroscopy, High Resolution, Jupiter (Planet), Night Sky, Toruses
Scientific paper
Ground-based high-resolution spectra of emission from the Io plasma torus obtained during 53 nights of observation over a seven month period are used to measure the torus rotation speed and discern regions of the torus that are slowed by mass loading of newly ionized materials. The amount of torus slowing implies that between 2000 and 3000 kg/sec are being ionized by the torus. The slowing is spread azimuthally throughout the orbit of Io, suggesting that neutral materials emanating from Io are distributed around Jupiter much more uniformly than currently believed.
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