Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Feb 1978
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978icar...33..322t&link_type=abstract
Icarus, vol. 33, Feb. 1978, p. 322-335.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Astronomical Spectroscopy, Emission Spectra, Io, Planetary Atmospheres, Sodium, Astronomical Models, Atomic Spectra, D Lines, Fraunhofer Lines, Jupiter (Planet), Light Scattering, Tables (Data), Sodium, Io, Concentrations, Clouds, Emissions, Brightness, Scattering, Light (Visible Radiation), Density, Atmosphere, Velocity
Scientific paper
The contribution of scattering in a telescope to measurements of the size of Io's sodium cloud and to the distribution of emission intensity in the cloud is investigated. The brightest regions, within 30 arcsec of Io near opposition and along the equatorial plane, are relatively undistorted, but regions further than 45 arcsec away and not close to the equatorial plane are very likely to consist mainly of scattered light. Portions of the cloud in the vicinity of the magnetic equator are also mostly scattered light when Io is near extreme magnetic latitude. The equatorial torus, however, extends up to 20 arcmin from Jupiter. The large size of the cloud is thus confirmed. High-resolution line profile shapes indicate that sodium streams from Io preferentially in the forward direction with velocities distributed up to 18 km/sec. The observed wavelength shifts of the peak intensities from Io's rest frame are compatible with a cloud streaming through a bound atmospheric component, but they could also be caused by a velocity distribution peaked at very low velocities.
Macy William W.
Trafton Larry
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