An oscillating asymmetry to Io's sodium emission cloud
The spatial distribution of sodium emission north and south of Io was observed to have a time-dependent asymmetry correlated with Io's magnetic latitude. The spatial gradient was greatest when Jupiter's north magnetic pole pointed away from Io; this is a configuration of maximum probabilit...
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1975
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| Online Access: | http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19760034442 |
| Summary: | The spatial distribution of sodium emission north and south of Io was observed to have a time-dependent asymmetry correlated with Io's magnetic latitude. The spatial gradient was greatest when Jupiter's north magnetic pole pointed away from Io; this is a configuration of maximum probability of decametric emission. A hypothesis is invoked for explaining the asymmetry and used to calculate preliminary fluxes of low-energy trapped charged particles in the vicinity. |
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