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Saturday, May 17, 2008 |
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Photo: Volcanic Moon Creates Glowing Aurora Spots on JupiterNow astronomers have described a new model for these interactions in which the moon disrupts the flow of particles in a donut-shaped cloud (yellow) around Jupiter, as seen in an artist's conception (bottom). This sends plasma waves (blue) curving around the moon from one pole of Jupiter to the other that generate electron beams (red) along the planet's magnetic field lines. Images courtesy LPAP/Université de Liège
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