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In situidentification of various ionic species in Jupiter's magnetosphere

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Positive ions with various mass per charge values up to ∼160 have been identified within 20 jovian radii of Jupiter from the analysis of data from the plasma science experiment on Voyager 1.

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Sullivan, J., Bagenal, F. In situidentification of various ionic species in Jupiter's magnetosphere. Nature 280, 798–799 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/280798a0

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