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Tvashtar Paterae

Active volcanic region on the moon Io

Active volcanic region on the moon Io

Tvashtar Paterae compose an active volcanic region of Jupiter's moon Io located near its north pole. It is a series of paterae, or volcanic craters. It is named after Tvashtar, the Hindu god of blacksmiths.

The hot spot awakening of Tvashtar was observed on 2 June 2006 with the Keck Adaptive Optics system and followed up for 530 days making it the longest outburst eruption ever observed on Io. On February 26, 2007, the eruption was photographed by the New Horizons probe as it went past Jupiter en route to Pluto. The probe observed an enormous 330 km high plume from the volcano, with an as-yet unexplained filamentary structure made clearly visible by the background light from the sun.

References

References

  1. "University of Arizona Planetary Image Research Laboratory May 28, 2002 Report on Tvashtar Paterae".
  2. [http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/gallery/missionPhotos/pages/022707_1.html Mission Photos: An Eruption on Io] (New Horizons) Retrieved on February 28, 2007.
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