The most volcanic body in the solar system, Io produces outbursts every year with one the largest occurring in Fall 2022.
A massive volcanic eruption has been spotted emerging from Jupiter's moon Io. The eruption was observed in the Fall of 2022 using the Io Input/Output observatory by Planetary Science Institute senior scientist Jeff Morgenthaler.is considered to be the solar system's most volcanic body with its extreme conditions and yearly outbursts of volcanism caused by the tremendous gravitational influence of its parent planet.
Ionized sulfur which surrounds Jupiter in a donut-like structure and is referred to as the Io plasma torus also brightened during the Fall of 2022. This was less pronounced however than the brightening of the Io plasma torus seen during previous outbursts. A coronagraph image of a sodium outburst caused by Io's volcanic eruption. The image was produced by the Planetary Science Institute's Io Input/Output observatory
"This could be telling us something about the composition of the volcanic activity that produced the outburst or it could be telling us that the torus is more efficient at ridding itself of material when more material is thrown into it," Morgenthaler said in a
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