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Possible detection of energetic Jovian heavy ions at Skylab orbit

Author(s) -

Price P. Buford

Publication year - 1979

Publication title -

geophysical research letters

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007

H-Index - 273

eISSN - 1944-8007

pISSN - 0094-8276

DOI - 10.1029/gl006i009p00711

Subject(s) - jovian , jupiter (rocket family) , physics , magnetosphere , ion , atmosphere of jupiter , nucleon , astrobiology , low earth orbit , atomic physics , astronomy , nuclear physics , plasma , spacecraft , saturn , planet , satellite , quantum mechanics

Evidence for the presence of sodium ions at a concentration ∼10% that of oxygen among the particles with energies 10 to 20 MeV/nucleon seen with a detector on Skylab suggests that Jupiter is a significant source of energetic heavy particles inside the earth's magnetosphere. A numerical estimate based on the density of energetic sodium ions at 50 R J measured on Voyager I indicates that the source strength is adequate.

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