Ultraviolet emissions from the magnetic footprints of Io, Ganymede and Europa on Jupiter

Nature

Volumn 415, Issue 6875, 2002, Pages 997-1000

  Clarke, J T ^a   Ajello, J ^b   Ballester, G ^c   Jaffel, L Ben ^d   Connerney, J ^e   Gerard J C ^f   Gladstone, G R ^g   Pryor, W ^h   Trauger, J ^b   Waite, J H ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^g SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; PLASMAS; SATELLITES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ULTRAVIOLET EMISSIONS;

PLANETS;

EUROPA; GANYMEDE; IO; IONOSPHERE; JUPITER; MAGNETIC FIELD; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; LIGHT INTENSITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOON; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 18244380829     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/415997a     Document Type: Article

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