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.EP2025
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°…