Io and Jupiter - The volcano-magnetosphere connection

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Feb 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992eostr..73...55s&link_type=abstract

EOS (ISSN 0096-3941), vol. 73, no. 5, p. 55, 57.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Infrared Astronomy, Io, Jupiter (Planet), Planetary Magnetospheres, Volcanoes, Infrared Imagery, Satellite Atmospheres

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The volcanic activity of Io is generated by the continual flexing of Io by Jupiter's intense gravitational field, which generates heat in the same way as a rapidly flexed tennis ball. Most of this heat is eventually radiated into space from a series of hot volcanic centers, or 'hot spots', where the surface is up to several hundred degrees hotter than its surroundings. Attention is given to IR images of the Io hot spots as well as to the role of volcanic activity in the density and extent of the Io atmosphere.

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