Three-dimensional plasma simulation of Io's interaction with the Io plasma torus: Asymmetric plasma flow
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0148-0227
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900304