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

By Dr Rosaly M. C. Lopes , Dr John R. Spencer (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2007
ISBN
978-3-540-34681-4, 978-3-540-48841-5
DOI
10.1007/978-3-540-48841-5
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7858208 bytes)
Series
Springer Praxis Books
Edition
1
Pages
374\388
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-10-22 03:17:39
Extraterrestrial PhysicsSpace Sciences; Geophysics/Geodesy

Description

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 were significantly increased as a result of observations by the Galileo spacecraft from 1996 through 2001. The end of the Galileo mission in 2003 makes this an ideal time to summarize the new results in a book as no book has ever been written about Jupiter’s volcanic moon, Io.

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