A magnetic signature at Io: Initial report from the Galileo magnetometer

Science

Volumn 273, Issue 5273, 1996, Pages 337-340

  Kivelson, M G ^a   Khurana, K K ^a   Walker, R J ^a   Russell, C T ^a   Linker, J A ^b   Southwood, D J ^c   Polanskey, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 0029893693     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.273.5273.337     Document Type: Article

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54. The preparation of the data and the diagrams was supported by S. Joy, J. Green, D. Wolkovich, and T. King. Design and development of the magnetometer was provided by R. Snare, J. Means, and R. George, D. Bindschadler and Y. Mei provided support at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. We thank D. Barbosa, G. Schubert, F. Bagenal, J. Wilson, and W. H. Smyth for providing background on some of the scientific issues. The work was partially supported by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory under contract JPL 958694. J.A.L. was supported by the NASA under contract NASW 4941. This is UCLA Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics Publication Number 4627.