A look at NASA’s new images of Io, Jupiter’s ‘tortured moon’
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A look at NASA’s new images of Io, Jupiter’s ‘tortured moon’
New research is revealing the secrets of Io, the mysterious volcanic moon of Jupiter. Four centuries after Galileo discovered Io in 1610, NASA sent a spacecraft called Juno on a five-year mission to Jupiter and its moons. Last week, NASA released animated artists’ conceptions of Io based on data Juno collected during two flybys. John Yang reports.
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A look at NASA’s new images of Io, Jupiter’s ‘tortured moon’
Clip: 4/28/2024 | 1m 31sVideo has Closed Captions
New research is revealing the secrets of Io, the mysterious volcanic moon of Jupiter. Four centuries after Galileo discovered Io in 1610, NASA sent a spacecraft called Juno on a five-year mission to Jupiter and its moons. Last week, NASA released animated artists’ conceptions of Io based on data Juno collected during two flybys. John Yang reports.
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NEW RESEARCH IS REVEALING THE MYSTERIOUS VOLCANIC MOON OF JUPITER.
NASA SENT A FIRST OF ITSELF KIND SOLAR POWERED SPACECRAFT CALLED JUNO ON A FIVE-YEAR -- 1.7 BILLION MILE JOURNEY TO JEW TERP AND ITSELF MOONS TO SEE WHAT IT COULD DISCOVER.
LAST WEEK PERAZA RELEASED ANIMATED CONCEPTIONS OF IO BASED ON DATEA IT COLLECTED ON TWO FULLY-BUYS.
IT NAMED THIS FEATURE STEEP EMMOUNTAIN.
IT'S ESTIMATED TO BE AS TALL AS 4.3 MILES.
BY COMPARISON, MOUNT EVEREST IS JUST UNDER 5.5 MILES.
THIS LAKE IS FILLED WITH COOLING MAGMA AND RIMMED BY HOT LAVA.
THERE ARE ISLANDS IN THE CENTER.
THE REFLECTIONS JUNO CAM CAPTURED SUGGESTS THAT PART OF THE SURFACE IS AS SMOOTH AS GLASS.
ERUPTIONS FROM IO'S HUNDREDS OF VOLCANOES, ILLUSTRATE WHY SOME CALL IT THE TORTURED MOON.
IT'S RELENTLESSLY SQUEEZED BY JUPITER'S TITLE -- TIDAL FORCES, CRETEING TREMENDOUS HEAT AND MELTING ROCK.
THE SOLAR SYSTEM'S MOST VOLCANICALLY ACTIVE SITE.
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