Jupiter's Tug-of-War (IMAGE)

University of Leicester

Jupiter's Tug-of-War

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Illustration of the mechanism behind Jupiter’s ‘tug-of-war’ – the delicate current cycle driven by Jupiter’s rapid rotation and the release of sulphur and oxygen from volcanoes on its moon, Io. Credit: Emma Bunce/Stanley Cowley/Jonathan Nichols/University of Leicester

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Emma Bunce/Stanley Cowley/Jonathan Nichols/University of Leicester

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Credit: Emma Bunce/Stanley Cowley/Jonathan Nichols/University of Leicester

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