Sentences with phrase «sodium atoms from»
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The magnetic field, which may be generated by the planet's core, is connected to the winds because of high temperatures stripping electrons from atmospheric atoms of lithium, sodium and potassium, making them positively charged.
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The light pulse from the probe disappeared, but not before it had communicated information about its amplitude and phase to the sodium atoms.
The magnetic field drew angular - momentum energy from nearby sodium atoms.
«So, there is a continuous plasma wind hitting Io, causing sodium atoms to be sputtered from its atmosphere,» Mendillo explained.
To capture the faint signals from sodium atoms close to Io, the observers had to find a way to cope with the bright sunlight reflected from Io's surface, as well as from the even stronger light from nearby Jupiter.