Io loses about a ton 1000 kilograms of sulfur dioxide per


Io loses about a ton (1000 kilograms) of sulfur dioxide per second to Jupiter's magnetosphere.

Part 1: At this rate, what fraction of its mass would Io lose in 9.0 billionyears?

Part 2: Suppose sulfur dioxide currently makes up 1 % of Io's mass. When will Io run out of this gas at the current loss rate?

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