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Southwest Research Institute

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Caption

Jupiter’s moon Io (left side of image) is connected to Jupiter (right side of image) through the planet’s magnetic field. Juno’s close flyby of Io revealed electrons with varying properties in the region connecting these two solar system bodies.

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John Spencer, Southwest Reasearch Institute, and John Clarke, Boston University

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