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Io, Still A Mystery Moon
Paolo
post May 29 2016, 06:00 PM
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QUOTE (jccwrt @ May 29 2016, 06:05 PM) *
II believe that these series of images was the one where Linda Moribito noticed the faint eruptive plume from Pele and discovered Io's volcanic activity.


Io's activity was detected in an optical navigation long exposure image taken after the flyby (and thus showing the nightside of Io)
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post May 29 2016, 06:41 PM
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QUOTE (Paolo @ May 29 2016, 01:00 PM) *
Io's activity was detected in an optical navigation long exposure image taken after the flyby (and thus showing the nightside of Io)


Ah, thanks for the correction. I guess that makes this a pre-discovery observation then. I'm a bit amazed it wasn't noticed earlier, then!
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post Dec 15 2023, 01:41 AM
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Swedish amateur astronomy Jesper Sandberg identified the first possible impact crater ever found on Io, while studying Galileo imagery of the moon.
Poster presentation at AGU 2023 (grabbed from twitter)

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post Dec 15 2023, 03:55 AM
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That is great! A very nice discovery.

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post Dec 15 2023, 08:59 PM
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Now to bet on how long it lasts....
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post Dec 15 2023, 11:24 PM
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This is the Galileo image showing the possible impact crater:

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The possible crater is the small dark spot at center near the top.
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post Dec 16 2023, 03:47 AM
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Close up shot of the possible crater - from an article on the discovery
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