Volcanic eruption plumes on Io (original) (raw)

NASA/ADS

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• Terrile, Richard J. ;
• Masursky, Harold ;
• Hansen, Candice

Abstract

An umbrella-shaped plume detected above Io confirms that Io is volcanically active. Preliminary analyses of eight such eruptive plumes are presented.

Publication:

Nature

Pub Date:

August 1979

DOI:

10.1038/280733a0

Bibcode:

1979Natur.280..733S

Keywords:

• Io;
• Plumes;
• Spaceborne Photography;
• Volcanology;
• Voyager Project;
• Albedo;
• Data Acquisition;
• Image Processing;
• Planetology;
• Ultraviolet Spectroscopy;
• Lunar and Planetary Exploration