The global plasma environment of Io as inferred from the Galileo plasma wave observations

Philippe Louarn; S. Perraut; A. Roux; D. Gurnett; W. Kurth; S. Bolton

doi:10.1029/97GL01850

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The global plasma environment of Io as inferred from the Galileo plasma wave observations

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The global plasma environment of Io as inferred from the Galileo plasma wave observations

Philippe Louarn, S. Perraut, A. Roux, D. Gurnett, W. Kurth and S. Bolton

Geophysical research letters, Vol.24(17), pp.2115-2118

09/01/1997

DOI: 10.1029/97GL01850

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We take advantage of a partial and a total occultation of the jovian radio sources observed during the flyby of Io to characterize the plasma environment of this moon. We show that it presents a strong upstream / downstream asymmetry. A dense plasma structure (n > 5 × 104 cm−3) extends far from Io (at least 1000 km) in the wake direction whereas no extended dense region is found upstream. The dense region in the wake could correspond to a the stagnation region of the flow of the corotating plasma.

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Title: Subtitle: The global plasma environment of Io as inferred from the Galileo plasma wave observations
Creators: Philippe Louarn
S. Perraut
A. Roux
D. Gurnett
W. Kurth
S. Bolton
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Geophysical research letters, Vol.24(17), pp.2115-2118
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01850
ISSN: 0094-8276
eISSN: 1944-8007
Number of pages: 4
Language: English
Date published: 09/01/1997
Academic Unit: Physics and Astronomy
Record Identifier: 9984455280702771

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