Jovian sulfur nebula

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Jul 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977jgr....82.2809m&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 82, July 1, 1977, p. 2809-2814. Research supported by the California Institute of Technol

Physics

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Jupiter (Planet), Nebulae, Plasma Clouds, Sulfur, Interplanetary Medium, Io, Planetary Environments, Planetary Magnetospheres

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Results of observations of the nebula of singly ionized sulfur in the magnetosphere of Jupiter are presented. The occupation numbers of the five lowest energy levels of ionized sulfur have been calculated and used together with observed intensities to evaluate the number density of ionized sulfur. The results are consistent with the existence near Io orbit of a plasma characterized by an electron temperature of 10 eV and a number density of 500 ions/cu cm, of which roughly 25% are sulfur. The nebula is shown to be a semidisk with a void near Io, a radius of 6R, and a thickness of 2R. Some of the implications of these findings are discussed.

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