The Galilean satellites as a source of CO in the Jovian upper atmosphere

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Jan 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979icar...37..256s&link_type=abstract

Icarus, vol. 37, Jan. 1979, p. 256-263.

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Atmospheric Chemistry, Carbon Monoxide, Galilean Satellites, Jupiter Atmosphere, Atmospheric Composition, Heavy Ions, Oxygen Atoms, Planetary Magnetospheres, Tropopause, Upper Atmosphere, Jupiter, Satellites, Carbon Monoxide, Atmosphere, Particle Flux, Magnetosphere, Oxygen, Composition, Phosphorous, Hydride, Ions, Abundance, Sodium, Concentrations

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Material from the Galilean satellites of Jupiter ejected by energetic particles in the Jovian magnetosphere may provide large sources of oxygen to the parent planet. Formation of a CO molecule is the ultimate fate of an oxygen atom in the upper Jovian atmosphere. This high-altitude source of CO supports Beer and Taylor's (1978) observations and analysis, provided that the globally averaged O atom input flux is about 10 million per sq cm/sec and the eddy diffusion coefficient at the tropopause is around 1000 sq cm/sec. Implications for the possible presence of other atoms and molecules derived from the satellites are discussed.

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