Io After Galileo A New View of Jupiter's Volcanic Moon /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Lopes, Rosaly M.C (Autor), Spencer, John R. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edición:1st ed. 2007.
Colección:Geophysical Sciences
Temas:
Astrophysics.
Geophysics.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A history of the exploration of Io
  • A summary of the Galileo mission and its observations of Io
  • Formation and early evolution of Io
  • The interior of Io
  • Ionian mountains and tectonics: Insights into what lies beneath Io's lofty peaks
  • Active volcanism: Effusive eruptions
  • Plumes and their deposits
  • Io's surface composition
  • Io's atmosphere
  • Io's neutral clouds, plasma torus, magnetospheric interaction
  • Outstanding questions and future explorations.

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