We reach more than 65,000 registered users in Dec!! Register Now
Juno mission captures images of volcanic plumes on Jupiter's moon Io: Light from the plumes and fires of Io on Earth's darkest night
- January 03, 2019
- 113 Views
- 0 Likes
- 0 Comment
The Juno spacecraft captured new images of a volcanic plume on Jupiter's moon Io during a December 21 flyby. JunoCam, the Stellar Reference Unit (SRU), the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM), and the Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph (UVS) observed Io for over an hour, providing a glimpse of the moon's polar regions as well as evidence of an active eruption.
Cite This Article as
"Juno mission captures images of volcanic plumes on Jupiter's moon Io: Light from the plumes and fires of Io on Earth's darkest night", MachPrinciple, January 03, 2019, https://machprinciple.com/post/Juno-mission-captures-images-of-volcanic-plumes-on-Jupiter-s-moon-Io-Light-from-the-plumes-and-fires-of-Io-on-Earth-s-darkest-night
