Prometheus (volcano)

Galileo color photo of the volcano and lava flow

Io -1.52 -153.94Coordinates: 1 ° 31 ′ S , 153 ° 56 ′ W

Prometheus

Io

Prometheus is an active eruptive center on Jupiter's moon Io . It lies on the Ios hemisphere, facing away from Jupiter , at 1.52 ° south and 153.94 ° west.

Connected to Prometheus is the ring-shaped volcano Prometheus Patera and a 100 km long lava flow. The eruptive center was first recognized in images from Voyager 1 in March 1979. That same year, the International Astronomical Union named it after the Greek god of fire, Prometheus .

Web links

Commons : Prometheus (volcano) - collection of images

Prometheus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
Prometheus Patera in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS

Individual evidence

^ A. Davies: Prometheus and Amirani: effusive activity and insulated flows . In: Volcanism on Io: A Comparison with Earth . Cambridge University Press, 2007, ISBN 0-521-85003-7 , pp. 208-216.
↑ BA Smith, et al. : The Jupiter system through the eyes of Voyager 1 . In: Science . 204, 1979, pp. 951-972.

[IoVolcanismChap12-1] A. Davies: Prometheus and Amirani: effusive activity and insulated flows . In: Volcanism on Io: A Comparison with Earth . Cambridge University Press, 2007, ISBN 0-521-85003-7 , pp. 208-216.

[Smith1979-2] BA Smith, et al. : The Jupiter system through the eyes of Voyager 1 . In: Science . 204, 1979, pp. 951-972.