If hell existed, it would probably look a lot like being in And about, Galilean satellite closest to Jupiter. From their 3600 kilometers in diameter covers 400 volcanoes, it is considered the most geologically active object in the solar system. So much so that there is a constant cloud around him sulfur and sulfur dioxide that it would make it an extremely smelly place if we could survive on its surface long enough to smell it. All this was already known. However, its volcanic activity has not been recorded. Sometimes it is much more intense and it seems that right now it has experienced one of its most active moments.

This conclusion is based on the latest data on Input/output input/output (input/output). This is an observatory owned Arizona Planetary Science Instituteby which Io’s volcanic activity is analyzed by observing a cloud of sulfur and sodium, which, in the absence of a magnetic field to hold it, ends in orbit around Jupiter.

This data will also include data Juno probe at the end of 2023, so we will have more information about the volcanic activity of this moon of Jupiter. At the moment, it seems that he just survived a large geological explosion, but with some peculiarities.

Io, the most infernal of Jupiter’s moons

Io revolves around Jupiter elliptical orbit, in which a certain gravitational pull is generated from your planet. In addition, the rest of the Galilean satellites also affect it, which is why it is great friction heating as a result of intense volcanic activity, characterized by rivers of molten material and sulfur and sodium gases.

They move into a cloud around Jupiter known as Plasma torus Iowhich is also responsible for powering the famous ultraviolet auroras photographed by James Webb in 2022.

With IoIO, you can measure fluctuations in this cloud thanks to its coronographic methods. That is, you can minimize the light coming from the planet itself in order to focus on other illuminated objects around you. Including Io’s plasma torus.

Jeff Morgenthaler, PSI.

Thanks to this, the person in charge of the observatory, Jeff Morgenthaler, managed to verify that between July and September, and then again in December, the amount of material included in the toroid was enormous. Much larger than usual. However, contrary to what might seem intuitive, it was much less illuminated.

It is not clear why this is happening. As Morgenthaler himself explained in his statement, this could mean that the toroid gets rid of material more efficiently when more material reaches it. said very rough and metaphorically one can say that works better under pressure.

Juno will also study volcanoes

An infrared image of Io’s volcanoes taken by Juno in 2022. NASA.

All this is just a hypothesis. To learn more, Morgenthaler hopes to get data from Juno later this year. This is a space probe was released in 2011 to study Jupiter and its environs and that it will fly over Io next December. For now we only know what happened big bang volcanoes in a special hell of Jupiter. However, for sure this probe can unravel a lot of interesting data.

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