Pele (Io)

Io from a distance of approx. 490,000 km. A ring surrounds Pele.

Coordinates: 18 ° 43 '  S , 104 ° 43'  E

Pele​

Io

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.

Web links

• Pele in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS

credentials

1. ↑ 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 .
2. ↑ Strom, RG; et al. ; (1979); Volcanic eruption plumes on Io , Nature, Vol. 280, pp. 733-736