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Scott Alan Johnston - Io is Having a Major Volcanic Outburst:
https://www.universetoday.com/159466/io-is-having-a-major-volcanic-outburst/
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Io is Having a Major Volcanic Outburst
Since last summer, Jupiter’s third largest moon, Io, has been lighting up the Jovian system with a major burst of volcanic activity. As the Solar System’s most volcanically active world, Io is no
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DrRamon
With this level of tidal pull on Io shouldn't it have been destroyed by now if it is really as old as they say?
alexanderrogge
DrRamonThe moon is in a high enough orbit that it isn't torn apart to become rubble, although the theories about how the rings and moons of Jupiter and Saturn formed remain under debate.