Discovery of Currently Active Extraterrestrial Volcanism
Abstract
Two volcanic plumes were discovered on an image of Io taken as part of the Voyager optical navigation effort. This is the first evidence of active volcanism on any body in the solar system other than Earth.
- Publication:
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Science
- Pub Date:
- June 1979
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1979Sci...204..972M
- Keywords:
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- Io;
- Volcanoes;
- Voyager Project;
- Astronomical Photography;
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration; Planets;
- IO;
- SATELLITES;
- VOYAGER 1;
- JUPITER;
- VOLCANISM;
- CLOUDS