Formation of the sodium clouds and the regolith on Io by micrometeoroid impacts

Details Formation of the sodium clouds and the regolith on Io by micrometeoroid impacts Formation of the sodium clouds and the regolith on Io by micrometeoroid impacts

Apr 1980

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(Laboratorio di Astrofisica Spaziale di Frascati, European Workshop on Planetary Sciences, Rome, Italy, Apr. 23-27, 1979.) Moon

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Cloud Cover, Io, Metal Ions, Meteorite Collisions, Micrometeoroids, Regolith, Sodium Vapor, Ion Temperature, Ionic Mobility, Jupiter Atmosphere, Planetary Surfaces

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The effects of the amount of sodium ions, their solar angle correlation, temperature and velocities, have been explained as consequences of the almost full penetration of the second mode of micrometeorite fluxes (mass greater than 10 to the -8 g) across the Io atmosphere to its surface, whereas volcanism may satisfy only the amount of sodium. Conclusions about the formation of fine grains on the Io surface, unflooded by lava, are presented. Due to its large specific surface the interaction of this topsoil and the Io atmosphere is no less important than the lava-atmosphere interaction.

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