Variability of Europa’s Optical Aurora on Orbital and Multiyear Timescales
Zachariah Milby et al 2026 Planet. Sci. J. 7 60 Analysis of 10 nights of observations of Europa’s auroral emission suggests that optical auroral brightness may be a proxy for electron density…
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