moon · the Solar System
Io
Jupiter's volcanic moon, the most geologically active body in the Solar System, painted yellow by sulphur.
- Type
- Moon
- Orbits
- Jupiter
- Distance
- in the Solar System
- Diameter
- about 3,643 km
- Rotation
- Tidally locked: one side always faces Jupiter
About Io
- Io has hundreds of active volcanoes, some throwing plumes hundreds of kilometres high.
- Tides raised by Jupiter keep its interior molten.
- The map used in IKAREE comes from NASA's Galileo and Voyager images.
Visit Io in VR
In IKAREE, Io is one of 31 destinations modelled in detail. Sit in the captain's chair, give the order and watch it grow on the main viewscreen. Then send a survey probe and ride its camera down, or ask your science officer what the sensors show.
How to get there
- CaptainHelm, set a course for Io. Full impulse.
- Brooks · HelmCourse laid in for Io, Captain.
- CaptainScience, full analysis of Io.
- Hart · ScienceRunning it now, Captain.
