Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Mar 1980
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980jgr....85.1307m&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 85, Mar. 1, 1980, p. 1307-1310. Research supported by the Israel Academy of Sciences and
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Io, Plasma Diagnostics, Space Exploration, Spaceborne Astronomy, Ultraviolet Spectroscopy, Volcanology, Density Measurement, Oxygen Ions, Plasma Density, Sulfur, Voyager 1 Spacecraft
Scientific paper
A model of Io volcanism in which the probability of activity obeys a binomial distribution is presented. Observed values of the electron density obtained over a 3-year period by ground-based spectroscopy are fitted to such a distribution. The best fit is found for a total number of 15 volcanoes with a probability of individual activity at any time of 0.143. The Pioneer 10 ultraviolet observations are reinterpreted as emissions of sulfur and oxygen ions and are found to be consistent with a plasma much less dense than that observed by the Voyager spacecraft. Late 1978 and the first half of 1979 are shown to be periods of anomalous volcanicity. Rapid variations in electron density are related to enhanced radial diffusion.
Eviatar Aharon
Mekler Yu.
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