Thread: A moon makes Jupiter's aurora
Io, Jupiter's volcanic moon, spews out 600kg of sulfur dioxide every second into SPACE, forming a torus that encircles Jupiter. The torus becomes electrically charged and gets STUCK to Jupiter's magnetic field. [1/3] pic.twitter.com/corgQnDNLZ— Dr James O'Donoghue (@physicsJ) September 7, 2019
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