Io (Jupiter I)


Io

Io © NASA

Io, or Jupiter I, is the closest of the four large moons of Jupiter to the planet.

Volcano on Io

Volcano on Io © NASA

It has more volcanoes than any other object in the Solar System.

These volcanoes give Io a thin atmosphere. However, the atmosphere would be poisonous to people.

Because of it looks so "blodgy", Io has sometimes been called the "Cosmic Pizza".


Facts and Figures
Orbit421,600 km from Jupiter
Radius1,815 km
Mass8.94 x 1022 kg
or 0.015 Earths
Length of Day1.77 Earth days
Length of Orbit1.77 Earth days

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