3 papers
astro-ph.EP2026
Lava Lakes on Io: crust age and implications for thermal output
Alessandro Mura, Rosaly M. C. Lopes, Federico Tosi +12
Recent observations by the JIRAM instrument onboard NASA's Juno mission have confirmed that many of Io's volcanic hot spots are active lava lakes, characterized by a colder central…
astro-ph.EP2026
Analysis of Io's tidal response as a function of the properties of the partially molten layer
M. Paris, A. Mura, F. Zambon +11
Io's internal heat is generated by Jupiter-driven tidal dissipation and Laplace resonance. This energy partially melts the mantle, but the melt fraction, depth, and spatial distrib…
astro-ph.EP2024
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…