Io | CosmoVerse

Lunar Overview

The most volcanically active world in the Solar System, driven by intense tidal heating from Jupiter.

Hundreds of active volcanoes

Constant resurfacing

Strong tidal heating

Colorful sulfur-rich terrain

Surface & Orbital Metrics

Jupiter

Parent Planet

3,643.2 km

Diameter

8.93 x 10^22 kg

Mass

1.80 m/s^2

Gravity

1.77 days

Orbital Period

1.77 days

Rotation Period

-130 C avg

Surface Temperature

Thin sulfur dioxide atmosphere

Atmosphere

Mission History

No recorded missions in the database for this object.

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