Io After Galileo A New View of Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon /

• Main Authors: Lopes, Rosaly M. C. (Author), Spencer, John R. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Physics.; Geophysics.; Astrophysics.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Geophysics/Geodesy.

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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.