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Soderblom, L., Johnson, T., Morrison, D., Danielson, E., Smith, B., Vererka, J., Cook, A., Sagan, C., Kupferman, P., Pieri, D., Mosher, J., Avis, C., Gradie, J. and Clancy, T. (1980). Spectrophotometry of 10: preliminary voyager 1 results. Geophysical Research Letters 7: doi: 10.1029/GL007i011p00963. issn: 0094-8276. |
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Multispectral images of Io acquired with the Voyager I narrow-angle camera agree with Earth-based spectrophotometry to better than 10%. Although the surface materials have general spectral properties similar to various allotropes of sulfur, their ultrviolet (UV) reflectances are much higher. It is likely that varying amounts of SO2 frost mixed with or absorbed on sulfur-rich materials raises the UV reflectance. The possible association with large amounts of SO2 with low temperature forms of sulfur in the white patches on Io is consistent with Io surface models in which SO2 and S exist in thermally stable stratified zones. |
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