Dawn–Dusk Asymmetry of the Io Plasma Torus Derived from Io’s Auroral Footprints Observed by Juno-UVS
Shinnosuke Satoh, Vincent Hue, Fuminori Tsuchiya, Shotaro Sakai et autres
Abstract The Io plasma torus (IPT) is a dense plasma cloud that corotates around Jupiter near Io’s orbit. A dawn-to-dusk electric field shifts the IPT dawnward. The shift orientation has been previously measured, but the observing geometries have limited our understanding of …
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The Planetary Science Journal