| Abstract: | High-temperature hot spots on Io have been imaged at ???50 km spatial resolution by Galileo‘s CCD imaging system (SSI). Images were acquired during eclipses (Io in Jupiter‘s shadow) via the SSI clear filter (???0.4-1.0 ??m), detecting emissions from both small intense hot spots and diffuse extended glows associated with Io‘s atmosphere and plumes. A total of 13 hot spots have been detected over ???70% of Io‘s surface. Each hot spot falls precisely on a low-albedo feature corresponding to a caldera floor and/or lava flow. The hot-spot temperatures must exceed ???700 K for detection by SSI. Observations at wavelengths longer than those available to SSI require that most of these hot spots actually have significantly higher temperatures (???1000 K or higher) and cover small areas. The high-temperature hot spots probably mark the locations of active silicate volcanism, supporting suggestions that the eruption and near-surface movement of silicate magma drives the heat flow and volcanic activity of Io. Copyright 1997 by the American Geophysical Union. |
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| Citation Author: | McEwen, A. S.; Simonelli, D. P.; Senske, D. R.; Klaasen, K. P.; Keszthelyi, L.; Johnson, T. V.; Geissler, P. E.; Carr, M. H.; Belton, M. J. S. |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | High-temperature hot spots on Io as seen by the Galileo solid state imaging (SSI) experiment; 1997; Article; Journal; Geophysical Research Letters; McEwen, A. S.; Simonelli, D. P.; Senske, D. R.; Klaasen, K. P.; Keszthelyi, L.; Johnson, T. V.; Geissler, P. E.; Carr, M. H.; Belton, M. J. S. |
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| Citation Year: | 1997 |
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| Text: | High-temperature hot spots on Io as seen by the Galileo solid state imaging (SSI) experiment; 1997; Article; Journal; Geophysical Research Letters; McEwen, A. S.; Simonelli, D. P.; Senske, D. R.; Klaasen, K. P.; Keszthelyi, L.; Johnson, T. V.; Geissler, P. E.; Carr, M. H.; Belton, M. J. S. |
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| Date Other: | Wed, 1 Jan 1997 00:00 -0600 |
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