Io: A Volcanic Puzzle – NASA Solar System Exploration
1995年11月9日 · On 7 December 1995, Galileo will have its one and only opportunity for a close encounter with Jupiter's moon Io, the most volcanically active body in the solar system.
10 Need-to-Know Things About Io - NASA Solar System Exploration
The moon Io is the most volcanically active world in the solar system. Io even has lakes of molten silicate lava on its surface.
Io Observer - NASA Solar System Exploration
2024年11月20日 · The Jovian moon Io is likely the most geologically active body in the solar system, offering insight into tidal heating, volcanic processes, and other phenomena. However, its location within Jupiter''s radiation belt presents significant engineering challenges that must be addressed to enable future missions to Io.
NASA Juno Data Indicate Another Possible Volcano on Jupiter …
2018年7月13日 · Data collected by NASA’s Juno spacecraft using its Jovian InfraRed Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument point to a new heat source close to the south pole of Io that could indicate a previously undiscovered volcano on the small moon of Jupiter.
Io By the Numbers – NASA Solar System Exploration
2024年11月20日 · NASA’s real-time science encyclopedia of deep space exploration. Our scientists and far-ranging robots explore the wild frontiers of our solar system.
Galileo Succeeds in its Closest Flyby of a Jovian Moon
2001年5月25日 · NASA's Galileo spacecraft has successfully completed a flyby of Jupiter's moon Callisto, closer than any of the spacecraft's 30 previous flybys of Jovian moons.
Callisto - NASA Solar System Exploration
2024年11月20日 · The first thing that fired my imagination for planetary science was when the NASA Voyager spacecraft discovered active volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io. -
In Depth | Europa – NASA Solar System Exploration
Jupiter’s moons Io, Europa, and Ganymede are in what is called a resonance – every time Ganymede orbits Jupiter once, Europa orbits twice, and Io orbits four times.
Future Io Exploration for 2013-2022 and Beyond, Part 1: …
2024年11月20日 · This white paper (revised draft) summarizes the current scientific questions regarding Jupiter''s volcanic moon Io, and the scientific objectives and measurements that need to be accomplished by future exploration.
Cassini Spots Potential Ice Volcano on Saturn Moon
2010年12月13日 · PASADENA, Calif. – NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found possible ice volcanoes on Saturn's moon Titan that are similar in shape to those on Earth that spew molten rock. Topography and surface composition data have enabled scientists to make the best case yet in the outer solar system for an Earth-like volcano landform that erupts in ice.