References & Sources

Galileo takes close-up snapshots of Io

Swooping within 671 kilometers of the hottest volcano known in the solar system, the Galileo spacecraft has recorded the sharpest images ever taken of Jupiter’s moon Io.

References:

1999. Closest-ever picture of volcanic moon Io released. California Institute of Technology Press Release. October 22.

Sources:

Laszlo Keszthelyi
University of Arizona
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
Space Sciences Building
P.O. Box 210092
Tucson, AZ 85721-0092

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 18, October 30, 1999, p. 276. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.