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Heavens Above => Astronomy & Near Earth Phenomena => Topic started by: DataBot on March 19, 2012, 20:30:02 PM

Title: Geologic map of Jupiter's moon Io details an otherworldly volcanic surface
Post by: DataBot on March 19, 2012, 20:30:02 PM
Geologic map of Jupiter's moon Io details an otherworldly volcanic surface

More than 400 years after Galileo's discovery of Io, the innermost of Jupiter's largest moons, a team of scientists has produced the first complete global geologic map of the Jovian satellite.

Source: Geologic map of Jupiter's moon Io details an otherworldly volcanic surface (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120319151145.htm)