Io Transit Jupiter’s Great Red Spot (GRS)
Taken by Philip Smith on October 4, 2023 @
Manorville, NY USA
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This is the link to the Full video. https://www.facebook.com/philip.smith.5686/videos/713634646763457 This is my first Jupiter animation of the moon Io and its shadow Transit Jupiter’s Great Red Spot (GRS). Moon Io has over 400 active volcanoes, Io is the most geologically active object in the Solar System. This extreme geologic activity is the result of tidal heating from friction generated within Io's interior as it is pulled between Jupiter and the other Galilean moons—Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. Several volcanoes produce plumes of sulfur and sulfur dioxide that climb as high as 500 km (300 mi) above the surface. Io's surface is also dotted with more than 100 mountains that have been uplifted by extensive compression at the base of Io's silicate crust. Some of these peaks are taller than Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth's surface. Unlike most moons in the outer Solar System, which are mostly composed of water ice, Io is primarily composed of silicate rock surrounding a molten iron or iron sulfide core. Most of Io's surface is composed of extensive plains with a frosty coating of sulfur and sulfur dioxide. The Red Spot is the largest known storm in the Solar System. With a diameter of 15,400 miles, it is almost twice the size of the entire Earth and one-sixth the diameter of Jupiter itself. The long lifetime of the Red Spot may be due to the fact that Jupiter is mainly a gaseous planet. The seeing was average. My setup was an EdgeHD 14" 2X Barlow / ZWO ADC Corrector / ZWO ASI224MC camera with a Baader UV/IR Cut Filter.
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