Io's aurrol limb glow: Hubble Space Telescope FUV observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A8, 2003, Pages

  Retherford, K D ^a,b   Moos, H W ^a   Strobel, D F ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aurora; FUV; HST; Io; Jupiter; Plasma torus

Indexed keywords

EID: 7444256802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009710     Document Type: Article

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