Nature of the iogenic plasma source in Jupiter's magnetosphere I. Circumplanetary distribution

Icarus

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-106

  Smyth, William H ^a   Marconi, M L ^b  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Fresh Pond Research Institute Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; Io; Jupiter; Magnetosphere; Satellite; Satellites of Jupiter

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344309921     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-1035(03)00176-3     Document Type: Article

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