Pele (Io)
Coordinates: 18 ° 43 ' S , 104 ° 43' E
Pele is an active eruptive center on the surface of Jupiter's moon Io . It was named after the Hawaiian volcanic deity Pele . The volcanic formation is located at the 18th parallel to the south and at the 255th longitude to the west and consists of a furrow 30 km long and 20 km wide. It lies on the northern side of the rugged Danube Planum plateau .
A lava lake made of basaltic lava fills part of the furrow, which emits enormous amounts of energy into space . This lake is also the source of a plume of smoke and dust that shoots 300 km into space before prostrating in a ring 600 km around it.
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- ↑ J. Radebaugh, et al. : Observations and temperatures of Io's Pele Patera from Cassini and Galileo spacecraft images . In: Icarus . 169, 2004, pp. 65-79. doi : 10.1016 / j.icarus.2003.10.019 .
- ↑ Strom, RG; et al. ; (1979); Volcanic eruption plumes on Io , Nature, Vol. 280, pp. 733-736