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Our Website is written - Io's orbit, which puts it near to Jupiter at roughly 262,000 miles (422,000 kilometers), crosses Jupiter's massive magnetic lines of force, thereby turning it into an electric generator. Io can create 400,000 volts and a 3 million ampere electric current across itself. This current takes the shortest path to Jupiter's surface, passing across the planet's magnetic field lines, resulting in lightning in Jupiter's upper atmosphere.
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