Some of it can be turned into plasma by Jupiter's powerful magnetosphere, forming Io's plasma torus. They're curious about this mass exchange in the Jupiter system and how it's shaped the moons.

We conclude that, indeed, dipole magnetic confinement (similar to the magnetic configurations of the Earth's radiation belts and the case of Jupiter and the Io torus) can explain all the diverse ...

Parker is a Ph.D. candidate in the Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences Department. He has researched the Io plasma torus at Jupiter with Dr. Fran Bagenal [1], FUV flares on accreting protostars with ...