moon of jupiter of Io fragmented surface, since 2016 jovian system (Contains Jupiter and its four largest moons, known as the Galilean moons) and recently made the closest flyby to the volcanic planet. Juno It was revealed in great detail by the spacecraft. Here are those visuals that fascinate those who see them…
Jupiter moon Io imaged by NASA
NASA’s Jupiter probe, Saturday, December 30 day from the hellish surface of Jupiter 1,500 kilometers Volcanic satellite of the planet flying in the distance Io He had a close encounter with. According to NASA, this represented not only Juno’s closest flyby to Io, but also the closest flyby of any spacecraft in the past 20 years.
During this rare rendezvous, Juno captured close-up and detailed images of Jupiter’s moon using all three of its onboard cameras. On Sunday, NASA released six images seen by the spacecraft. The images, which fully reveal Jupiter’s volcanic satellite, attracted great attention.
Jupiter’s rocky moon is the most volcanically active body in the solar system. Io’s surface contains hundreds of volcanoes and lakes of molten silicate lava, new images reveal. Burns look like scars in this tortured landscape.
Io, the innermost of Jupiter’s four Galilean moons, is driven by the planet’s enormous gravitational pull and its sister moons. Europa and Ganymede It is stuck between the gravitational force. This contributes to the moon’s volcanic activity as Io is constantly stretched and compressed due to its location.
NASA researchers hope to use information gleaned from such flybys and past observations to learn more about the stormy moon’s volcanoes. Juno’s principal investigator Scott Bolton, He stated that they are investigating how such satellites are related to the flow of charged particles in Jupiter’s magnetosphere.
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