Io volcanism seen by new horizons: A major eruption of the Tvashtar Volcano

Science

Volumn 318, Issue 5848, 2007, Pages 240-243

  Spencer, J R ^a   Stern, S A ^b   Cheng, A F ^b   Weaver, H A ^c   Reuter, D C ^d   Retherford, K ^e   Lunsford, A ^d   Moore, J M ^f   Abramov, O ^a   Lopes, R M C ^g   Perry, J E ^h   Kamp, L ^g   Showalter, M ⁱ   Jessup, K L ^a   Marchis, F ⁱ   Schenk, P M ^j   Dumas, C ^k  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

ⁱ SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^k EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; JUPITER; MAGMA; NEAR INFRARED; PLUME; SPACECRAFT; VOLCANISM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; DYNAMICS; MODEL; MOON; MORPHOLOGY; MOTION; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; VOLCANO;

EID: 35348877331     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1147621     Document Type: Article

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