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Description: Overview of Jupiter's magnetosphere in the vicinity of the Galilean satellites. H2+ pickup ions (blue) originate from Europa's neutral toroidal cloud (brighter blue near Europa). Io and Europa contribute plasma pickup ions of different compositions to Jupiter's magnetosphere. Alfvén wings connected to the moons due to their interaction with corotating plasma are also shown in gray.
Author: B. Smith

in Szalay, J. R., Smith, H. T., Zirnstein, E. J., McComas, D. J., Begley, L. J., Bagenal, F., et al. (2022). Water-group pickup ions from Europa-genic neutrals orbiting Jupiter. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL098111. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL098111
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