The stability of an SO2 atmosphere on Io
Abstract
Measurements of Io's volcanism and the plasma torus suggest that SO2 is a major constituent of its atmosphere.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- August 1979
- DOI:
- 10.1038/280758a0
- Bibcode:
- 1979Natur.280..758K
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Composition;
- Chemical Equilibrium;
- Io;
- Sulfur Dioxides;
- Thermosphere;
- Gas Density;
- Gas Ionization;
- Jupiter Atmosphere;
- Pioneer 10 Space Probe;
- Planetary Surfaces;
- Surface Temperature;
- Volcanoes;
- Voyager Project;
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration