Tvashtar
Volcano - John Seach
Io
Tvashtar Paterae
is a volcanic region located on Io, the innermost of the four Galilean
moons of Jupiter.
Tvashtar is
the Hindu god of blacksmiths who made divine implements.
In 1999 the Galileo Jupiter orbiter
and earth-based observations were made of eruptions.
In 2000 Cassini spacecraft imaged
a plume at the volcano.
The Keck telescope in Hawaii showed
heat radiation from the volcano in 2006.
The Hubble telescope imaged a Tvashtar
plume in ultraviolet in February 2007.
The New Horizons probe on its way
to Pluto photographed Tvashtar Volcano on 28th February 2007.
Eruptions
of Tvashtar Volcano
2007, 2006,
2000, 1999
Tvashtar Volcano
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Copyright John Seach