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Title:
Europa's neutral cloud: morphology and comparisons to Io
Authors:
Burger, Matthew H.; Johnson, Robert E.
Affiliation:
AA(Department of Astronomy, PO Box 3818, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903-0818, USA; ), AB(Engineering Physics and Astronomy Department, Thornton Hall B103, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA)
Publication:
Icarus, Volume 171, Issue 2, p. 557-560. (Icarus Homepage)
Publication Date:
10/2004
Origin:
ELSEVIER
Keywords:
Satellites of Jupiter, Europa, atmospheres, dynamics
DOI:
10.1016/j.icarus.2004.06.014
Bibliographic Code:
2004Icar..171..557B

Abstract

Ground based observations of sodium escaping from Europa suggest the presence of an extended cloud of neutrals orbiting Jupiter. Using a Monte Carlo model we show that the large scale morphology differs from the sodium cloud at Io. At Europa, the trailing cloud is brighter and more extended than the leading cloud. We then use our results to consider the morphology of Europa's oxygen cloud.
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