Published December 1980
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Journal article
Dust in Jupiter's magnetosphere: origin of the ring
Creators
- 1. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Kernphysik, Heidelberg (Germany, F.R.)
- 2. Jet Propulsion Lab., Pasadena, CA (USA)
Description
A model for the production of the Jovian ring is proposed. The 'visible' ring particles are micron-sized and produced by erosive collisions between an assumed population of km-sized parent bodies and sub-micron sized magnetospheric dust particles. These small dust particles are ejected by volcanoes from Io. The observed topology of the ring is described quite well with the theory, and properties of the parent bodies are deduced. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Planet. Space Sci.
- Journal Volume
- 28
- Journal Issue
- 12
- Series
- Planet. Space Sci.
- Journal Page Range
- 1101-1110
- ISSN
- 0032-0633
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 12590368
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- COLLISIONS; DUSTS; EROSION; JUPITER PLANET; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORIGIN; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANETARY MAGNETOSPHERES; RINGS; SATELLITES; TOPOLOGY; VOLCANOES
- Descriptors DEC
- ATMOSPHERES; MATHEMATICS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES; PLANETS; SIZE