Io - Galileo

Color image of Jupiter's satellite Io from 2.24 million km

Io
Galileo image of Jupiter's moon Io from 2.24 million km. The image is centered at approximately 5 N, 60 W in the Media Regio area. The white area at bottom center is eruptive center Masubi at 44S, 55W. The surface appears to have undergone substantial change since the Voyager images were taken in 1979. The bright regions on the eastern limb are more prominent in this image. Sulfur-rich compounds are responsible for much of the coloring, dark areas may be recent volcanic activity, and the bright areas may be sulfur dioxide frost. Io is 3640 km in diameter, the resolution of this image is about 23 km and north is up. (Galileo, P-47109)
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Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1996-06-25
Distance/Range (km): 2,240,000.
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): +05.,060.W
Orbit(s): Flyby

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: P-47109
Other Image ID number: N/A
NSSDC Data Set ID (Photo): 89-084B-10B
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