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Tectonics of Io Io Statistics 3rd largest moon of Jupiter Discovered in 1610 by Marius and Galileo Radius = 1,815 km Density = 3.57 g/cm3 Surface gravity is 18.3% of Earth’s 421,600 km from Jupiter 5.20 AU from Sun Mean surface temp: ~135K More info Core composed of Fe and FeS extends half way to surface No visible impact craters ? young surface Most volcanically active body in the Solar System Generates twice as much heat as Earth Surface characterized by mountains and paterae Patera – a topographic depression 1 km in diameter that is not obviously impact-generated (also referred to as a ca