Jupiters moon, lo, loses about 870.0 kg/s of sulfur dioxide to Jupiters magnetosphere. Sulfur dioxide currently makes up 0.83% of lo's mass. How long in years until lo runs out of sulfur dioxide at the current loss rate? Lo has a mass of 1 x 1023kg and there are 3.15x107 seconds in a year.

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Jupiters moon, lo, loses about 870.0 kg/s of sulfur dioxide to Jupiters magnetosphere. Sulfur dioxide currently makes up 0.83% of lo's mass. How long in years until lo runs out of sulfur dioxide at the current loss rate? Lo has a mass of 1 x 1023kg and there are 3.15x107 seconds in a year.

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