Loki Patera
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Loki Patera is a massive, highly active volcanic depression on Jupiter’s moon Io, considered one of the most powerful and dynamic volcanoes in the Solar System.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
patera
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volcanic depression ⓘ volcanic feature on Io ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
Voyager 1
NERFINISHED
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Voyager 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryMission | Voyager program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasActivityPattern | propagating front of crust overturn ⓘ |
| hasArea | approximately 21,500 square kilometers ⓘ |
| hasCrustBehavior | periodic foundering of solid crust ⓘ |
| hasDiameter | approximately 200 km ⓘ |
| hasDominantComposition | silicate lava ⓘ |
| hasEmissionWavelength | strong infrared emission ⓘ |
| hasEruptionCycleLength |
about 1.5 Earth years
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approximately 400–500 days ⓘ |
| hasEruptionPeriodicity | quasi-periodic ⓘ |
| hasNamedAfter | Loki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasShape | horseshoe-shaped depression ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceFeature |
bright and dark thermal regions
ⓘ
lava lake ⓘ solidified crust rafts ⓘ |
| hasTemperature | hundreds of kelvin above ambient Io surface ⓘ |
| hasThermalEmission | extremely high ⓘ |
| hasVolcanicActivityType |
effusive volcanism
ⓘ
episodic brightening events ⓘ silicate lava lake overturning ⓘ |
| isCharacterizedAs |
highly active volcano
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most powerful volcano on Io ⓘ one of the most powerful volcanoes in the Solar System ⓘ |
| isMajorSourceOf | Io’s thermal infrared output ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Io’s surface
ⓘ
Io’s volcanic system ⓘ |
| isUsedFor |
constraining models of lava lake dynamics
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studying extreme volcanism beyond Earth ⓘ studying tidal heating on Io ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Jupiter system
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ⓘ
Solar System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Io NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameApprovalYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| nameApprovedBy | International Astronomical Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameOrigin | Norse mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Galileo spacecraft
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Keck Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ Large Binocular Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ New Horizons spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ ground-based telescopes ⓘ |
| orbitsWithPrimary | Jupiter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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