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Active Volcanoes on Jupiter's Moon: Io During the Juno Epoch - Dr. Ashley Gerard Davies, NASA-JPL
Io is one of the large satellites of Jupiter. A little larger than Earth’s Moon, it is intensely volcanic as a result of extreme tidal heating. Typically, a half-dozen or more volcanoes are erupting every day on Io. NASA’s Juno spacecraft, in polar orbit around Jupiter since 2016, has provided unprecedented views of Io’s poles, allowing a full, global accounting of Io’s extraordinary volcanoes for the first time. Dr. Davies will talk about the latest observations of Io by Juno and the James Webb Space Telescope, and what these data have revealed about Io’s volcanoes and interior.
Dr. Ashley Gerard Davies is a Principal Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, which he joined in 1994. He specializes in the remote sensing and modelling of volcanic activity. Program co-sponsored by St. Louis Astronomical Society and NASA MO Space Grant Consortium at Washington University.
Lecture will be held in Room 162 of McDonnell Hall , which is on the Forsyth Blvd. side of the campus. Free parking in yellow zones and University garages. Program can also be viewed virtually. Send message to [email protected] to receive Zoom link.
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