Io - Are vapor explosions responsible for the 5-micron outbursts

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Jul 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980icar...43...56s&link_type=abstract

Icarus, vol. 43, July 1980, p. 56-64.

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Explosions, Io, Planetary Surfaces, Sulfur, Calderas, Crustal Fractures, Volcanoes, Voyager Project, Jupiter, Satellites, Io, Explosions, Vapor, Sulfur, Pressure, Volume, Energy, Craters, Diameter, Density, Hypotheses, Temperatures, Models, Calderas

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It is proposed that a vapor explosion of a submerged pool of liquid sulfur will remove the crust overlying an area of about 50-km diam. Thermal radiation from the exposed liquid sulfur pool with a surface temperature of 600 K is then presumed to be responsible for the 5-micron outbursts that have been observed. The explosive volcanoes are expected to leave black sulfur calderas, which are, indeed, found on the surface. The 5-micron outburst observed by Sinton (1980), on June 11, 1979 (UT), is identified with a new caldera found on Voyager 2 photographs but which had not been present on Voyager 1 pictures.

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