Io: Jupiter's Enigmatic Moon

Author: Johnson, Torrence V.

Published in: Engineering and Science, Volume 48, Number 4, 1985, pp. 15-21

Part of: Engineering and Science, Volume 48:4, March 1985

Item Category: Feature Articles

Persistent URL: https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechES:48.4.Johnson

Abstract

Scientific study of Io began in 1610 with its discovery by Galileo, along with the other three large moons of Jupiter - Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. They are now known collectively as the Galilean satellites.

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