5 papers
Terrestrial Analogs to Titan for Geophysical Research
Conor A. Nixon, Samuel Birch, Audrey Chatain +19
Saturn's moon Titan exhibits remarkable parallels to the Earth in many geophysical and geological processes not found elsewhere in the solar system at the present day. These includ…
Synchronized Eruptions on Io: Evidence of Interconnected Subsurface Magma Reservoirs
A. Mura, R. Lopes, F. Nimmo +17
On December 27, 2024, Juno's JIRAM infrared experiment observed an unprecedented volcanic event on Io's southern hemisphere, covering a vast region of ~ 65,000 square km, near 73°S…
Widespread occurrence of lava lakes on Io observed from Juno
Alessandro Mura, Federico Tosi, Francesca Zambon +13
We report recent observations of lava lakes within patera on Io made by the JIRAM imager/spectrometer on board the Juno spacecraft, taken during close observation occurred in the e…
Observations of Loki Patera by Juno during close flybys
Alessandro Mura, JIRAM-Io team
We used data from the Juno spacecraft to investigate both the spatial and temporal properties of Loki Patera on Io, acquired in two infrared bands between December 2022 and April 2…
Comparing NASA Discovery and New Frontiers Class Mission Concepts for the Io Volcano Observer (IVO)
Christopher W. Hamilton, Alfred S. McEwen, Laszlo Keszthelyi +31
Jupiter's moon Io is a highly compelling target for future exploration that offers critical insight into tidal dissipation processes and the geology of high heat flux worlds, inclu…