Simulation of Io?s Auroral Emission: Constraints on the Atmosphere in Eclipse

• Published in: Icarus
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2013
• Subjects: Io; Jupiter; satellites; Atmospheres; structure; Hubble; North Pole
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2262/66047; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2011.05.014

Abstract We study the morphology of Io?s aurora by comparing simulation results of a three-dimensional (3D) two-fluid plasma model to observations by the high-resolution Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) on-board the New Horizons spacecraft and by the Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera fo...