Jupiter's visible aurora and Io footprint

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 104, Issue E11, 1999, Pages 27133-27142

  Vasavada, Ashwin R ^a,c   Bouchez, Antonin H ^a   Ingersoll, Andrew P ^a   Little, Blane ^b   Anger, Clifford D ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Itres Research Limited   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALILEO MISSION; IO; JUPITER; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 0033507425     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001055     Document Type: Article

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