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Old November 26th 03, 04:33 PM
Henry Spencer
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Default JIMO attitude control systems

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OM om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_researc h_facility.org wrote:
The fields of the moons are insignificant...


...Hasn't Io been determined to have a higher magnetic field than the
other moons? IIRC, it's significant enough to possibly be used for
torquing.


Conceivably, but the radiation environment makes it very undesirable for
a probe to spend any significant time in the vicinity of Io.
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