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Science 27 March 1981:
Vol. 211. no. 4489, pp. 1419 - 1422
DOI: 10.1126/science.211.4489.1419
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Volcanic Origin of the Eruptive Plumes on Io

A. F. COOK 1, E. M. SHOEMAKER 2, B. A. SMITH 3, G. E. DANIELSON 4, T. V. JOHNSON 5, and S. P. SYNNOTT 5

1 Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
2 U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, Arizona 86001
3 Department of Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721
4 Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125
5 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91103

A quadruple long exposure of Io in eclipse exhibits faint auroral emission from the eruptive plumes. No luminous spots in the vents, predicted by Gold, were observed. Heat from the interior of Io appears to be the predominant source of energy in the plumes.

Submitted on December 15, 1980


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