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Science 20 July 1979:
Vol. 205. no. 4403, pp. 297 - 298
DOI: 10.1126/science.205.4403.297
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Detection of Singly Ionized Oxygen Around Jupiter

C. B. PILCHER 1 and J. S. MORGAN 1

1 Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 96822

Forbidden emission from singly ionized oxygen at wavelengths of 3726 and 3729 angstroms has been detected in the inner Jovian magnetosphere. The emission is present between sim4 and sim7 to 8 Jovian radii from the planet and appears concentrated in the magnetic equator. The line intensity ratio indicates the same plasma characteristics as those derived from observations of forbidden sulfur emission.

Submitted on April 10, 1979


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