Io After Galileo A New View of Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon /
Jupiter’s moon Io is the Solar System’s most exotic satellite. Active volcanism on Io was discovered from observations by the Voyager 1 spacecraft in 1979, confirming a possibility suggested from theoretical studies of Io’s orbit. Our knowledge of Io’s volcanism, composition, and space environment w...
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Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
2007.
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Σειρά: | Springer Praxis Books
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Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- A history of the exploration of Io
- A summary of the Galileo mission and its observations of Io
- Formation and early evolution of Io
- The interior of Io
- Ionian mountains and tectonics: Insights into what lies beneath Io’s lofty peaks
- Active volcanism: Effusive eruptions
- Plumes and their deposits
- Io’s surface composition
- Io’s atmosphere
- Io’s neutral clouds, plasma torus, magnetospheric interaction
- Outstanding questions and future explorations.