Io After Galileo : A New View of Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon /
By: Lopes, Rosaly M. C [author.].
Contributor(s): Spencer, John R [author.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
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BookSeries: Springer Praxis Books: Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.Description: XXIII, 374 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783540488415.Subject(s): Physics | Geophysics | Astrophysics | Physics | Astrophysics and Astroparticles | Geophysics/GeodesyDDC classification: 523.01 Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | Available | EBK8264 |
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.
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 space environment were significantly increased as a result of observations by the Galileo spacecraft from 1996 through 2001. The end of the Galileo mission in 2003 makes this an ideal time to summarize the new results in a book as no book has ever been written about Jupiter’s volcanic moon, Io.
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