Io Transit of Jupiter
While hunting for volcanic plumes on Io, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of the volatile moon sweeping across the giant face of Jupiter.
While hunting for volcanic plumes on Io, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured these images of the volatile moon sweeping across the giant face of Jupiter. Only a few weeks before these dramatic images were taken, the orbiting telescope snapped a portrait of one of Io's volcanoes spewing sulfur dioxide 'snow.'
Credit:About the Image
About the Object
Name: | Io, Jupiter |
Type: | Solar System : Planet : Type : Gas Giant Solar System : Planet : Satellite |
Category: | Solar System |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
---|---|---|
Ultraviolet U | 340 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
Ultraviolet U | 410 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |