Io - Galileo

Pele and Pilan Patera on Jupiter's satellite Io

Io
This enhanced color Galileo image of Jupiter's moon Io shows the volcanic region known as Pele at the lower left surrounded by the red circle, and Pilan Patera, marked by the large 400 km diameter) gray circle to the upper right of Pele, superimposed on the red circle. This image was taken on 19 September 1997 on Galileo's 10th orbit of Jupiter. On the 9th orbit, five months prior to this, the large gray Pilan Patera circle was not present in images, but a 120 km high plume was erupting from this location at that time. The black, gray, and red areas appear to denote recent volcanic activity. Io is 3640 km in diameter and north is up. (Galileo, MRPS-94214)
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Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1997-09-19
Distance/Range (km): 500,000.
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): N/A
Orbit(s): Flyby, 10th orbit of Jupiter

Imaging Information
Area or Feature Type: global view
Instrument: Solid State Imaging CCD Camera
Instrument Resolution (pixels): 800 x 800, 8 bit
Instrument Field of View (deg): 0.46 x 0.46
Filter: N/A
Illumination Incidence Angle (deg): N/A
Phase Angle (deg): N/A
Instrument Look Direction: N/A
Surface Emission Angle (deg): N/A

Ordering Information
CD-ROM Volume: N/A
NASA Image ID number: MRPS-94214
Other Image ID number: N/A
NSSDC Data Set ID (Photo): NSD XD-12A
NSSDC Data Set ID (CD): N/A
Other ID: N/A

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Dave Williams, dave.williams@nasa.gov, (301) 286-1258
Code 690.1, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

Jay Friedlander, jay.s.friedlander@nasa.gov, (301) 286-7172
Code 612.4, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

NASA Official: Dr. David R. Williams, David.R.Williams@nasa.gov
Last updated: 24 September 2015