Pele (volcano)
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Not to be confused with Mount Pelée.
Colour image of Io's trailing hemisphere, highlighting the large red ring around the volcano Pele
Pele is a volcano on the surface of Jupiter's moon Io. It is named after the Hawaiian volcano goddess Pele. The volcano is located at 18°42′S 255°18′W / 18.7°S 255.3°W[1]Coordinates: 18°42′S 255°18′W / 18.7°S 255.3°W[1]. The volcano consists of a volcanic depression 30 kilometres (19 mi) long by 20 kilometres (12 mi) wide, at the northern base of a rifted plateau known as Danube Planum. A lake consisting of basaltic lava fills part of the depression, releasing tremendous amounts of energy into space.[2] This lava lake is also the source of a plume of gas and dust that reaches as high as 300 kilometres (190 mi) above the surface before the material is deposited in a ring of red material as far as 600 kilometres (370 mi) from the volcano.[3]
References
- ↑ USGS Gazeteer of Planetary Nomenclature: Pele
- ↑ Radebaugh, J.; et al. (2004). [Expression error: Missing operand for > "Observations and temperatures of Io’s Pele Patera from Cassini and Galileo spacecraft images"]. Icarus 169: 65–79. doi:.
- ↑ Strom, R. G.; et al.; (1979); Volcanic eruption plumes on Io, Nature, Vol. 280, pp. 733-736
External links
- Media related to Pele (volcano) at Wikimedia Commons
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