Effects of Absorption by Io on Composition of Energetic Heavy Ions
- 18 October 1996
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 274 (5286) , 393-394
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.274.5286.393
Abstract
The Galileo heavy ion counter is sensitive to ions with atomic numbers Z ≥ 6 and energies greater than ∼6 MeV per nucleon. During Galileo's passage through Jupiter's inner magnetosphere, the observed composition of these heavy ions was consistent with the presence of singly ionized iogenic O, Na, and S and highly ionized solar C, O, and Ne. The solar component is absorbed more strongly by Io because its gyroradius is smaller than Io's diameter.Keywords
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