Multi-phase volcanic resurfacing at Loki Patera on Io

K. de Kleer (), M. Skrutskie, J. Leisenring, A. G. Davies, A. Conrad, I. de Pater, A. Resnick, V. Bailey, D. Defrère, P. Hinz, A. Skemer, E. Spalding, A. Vaz, C. Veillet and C. E. Woodward
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K. de Kleer: University of California at Berkeley
M. Skrutskie: University of Virginia
J. Leisenring: Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
A. G. Davies: Jet Propulsion Laboratory — California Institute of Technology
A. Conrad: The Large Binocular Telescope Observatory, University of Arizona
I. de Pater: University of California at Berkeley
A. Resnick: Amherst College
V. Bailey: Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University
D. Defrère: Space Sciences, Technologies and Astrophysics Research (STAR) Institute, University of Liège
P. Hinz: Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
A. Skemer: University of California at Santa Cruz
E. Spalding: Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
A. Vaz: Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
C. Veillet: The Large Binocular Telescope Observatory, University of Arizona
C. E. Woodward: Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics, University of Minnesota

Nature, 2017, vol. 545, issue 7653, 199-202

Abstract: Interferometric telescope observations of the Jovian moon Io reveal that the floor of the Loki Patera volcano has been resurfaced in two waves, with different starting times and velocities.

Date: 2017
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