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ARC-1979-A79-7074
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P-21739 BW Range: 4.7 million kilometers (2.9 million miles) This picture of Io was taken as Voyager 2 closes in on the Jovian system. Scientists are studying these distant views of Io for evidences of changes since Voyager 1 observations in March of 79. Voyager 1 discovered that Io, the innermost of the Galilean satellites, is the most volcanically active body yet seen in the solar system, surpassing even earth.
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Credit lineARC-1979-A79-7074. NASA/ARC, 1979-07-04. Public domain. ID: ARC-1979-A79-7074.
