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Back Jupiter's moon Io as seen by the cameras of the Galileo spacecraft

Jupiter's moon Io as seen by the cameras of the Galileo spacecraft


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with one of its volcanic plumes visible at the limb. The Galileo dust detector found Io's volcanic ash particles at distances out to 300 million kilometers from Jupiter. Io has about the size of the Earth's moon.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
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