io. distance io is 780,000,000 km from the sun. io is very close to jupiters clouds
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Io
Distance
• Io is 780,000,000 km from the sun. Io is very close to Jupiters clouds.
Gravitational force
• The gravitational force on Io is .183 of Earths gravitational force. That means that someone who weighs 100 pounds on Earth would weigh about 18 pounds on Io.
Diameter
• Io is 1,942 miles in diameter. That is equal to 3,643 km. Io is about three times smaller than the Earth.
Length of day and year.
• Io takes 42.5 Earth hours for it to rotate once around its axis.
• Io’s year is equal to 11.9 earth years.
Temperature
• Io’s mean temperature is -143˚ C.• Lava holes on Io’s surface can heat up to
15,000˚ C.
Surface of Io • Io is mostly just huge lava lakes and volcanoes
because it is the most volcanic body in the solar system.
• Io also has huge mountain about 16 km high. That is bigger than any mountain on earth.
Mythology
• Io was a princess who was a lover of Zeus. She was the princess of Hera.
Bonus info
• Io is the most volcanic moon in the whole solar system.
• Io almost touches Jupiter's clouds. • Io is just a little bigger than earths moon.
Bibliography
• Sparrow,Giles.Jupiter.Chicago:Heinemannlibrary,print.• Greenberg,Richard.“10”(planetarymoon)www.darvins.
com.march2011.web.
Project by
• Tim Giovino and Eric Hajderllari.