Sulfur Demo |
Io globe |
Io |
Io - Volcano and Lava Flow |
Io - Voyager and Galileo images |
Europa globe |
Europa |
Europa - Impact Crater Pwyll |
Europa - Grooves and Ridges |
Europa - Ice Rafts |
Ganymede |
Ganymede - A View Across the Surface |
Callisto |
Callisto |
Code Number: 8A50.55
Demo Title: Jupiter's Moons/Galilean Satellites
Condition: Good
Principle: Solar System Astronomy
Area of Study: Solar System
Equipment:
Video and web images from the Voyager and Galileo spacecraft missions, Sulfur and Test Tubes, test tube rack, test tube holder.
Procedure:
A simple demonstration of the volcano's on Io that spew sulfur is to place a small amount of sulfur in a test tube and heat this over a bunsen burner. The sulur will turn from yellow to brown to almost black as it liquifies and evolves some sulfur fumes which should be very visible to the class.
Pictures in order are:
- Astronomy magazine Io globe which was produced using images from the Voyager 1, Voyager 2, and Galilea spacecraft.
- Io
- Io - Volcano and Lava Flow
- Io - Voyager and Galileo images
- Astronomy magazine Europa globe which was produced using images from the Voyager 1, Voyager 2, and Galileo spacecraft.
- Europa
- Europa - Impact Crater Pwyll
- Europa - Grooves and Ridges
- Europa - Ice Rafts
- Ganymede
- Tethys
- Ganymede - A View Across the Surface
- Callisto
- Callisto - Valhalla = Multi-Ringed Impact Basin
- Callisto - Scarp
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- Alan Bates, "Galilean Moons, Kepler's Third Law, and the Mass of Jupiter", TPT, Vol. 51, #7, Oct. 2013, p. 428.
- F. Roger Hickey, "Galileo Revisited", TPT, Vol. 30, #2, Feb. 1992, p. 103.
- Carl C. Fields, "Swimming in Europa's Ocean", TPT, Vol. 25, #8, Nov. 1987, p. 508.
- Jack K. Horner, "Some Ionian Volcanology", TPT, Vol. 19, #6, Sept. 1981, p. 402.
- Gary D. Parker, "Galileo and Optical Illusion", AJP, Vol. 54, #3, Mar. 1986, p. 248.
- Alex Lopatka, "Io Was Always Extremely Volcanic, Evidence Indicates", Physics Today, Vol. 77, #6, June 2024, p. 19.
- Johanna Miller, "Europa May Host a System of Tectonic Plates", Physics Today, Vol. 67, #11, Nov. 2014, p. 14.
- Johanna Miller, "Analysis Quantifies Effects of Tides in Jupiter and Io", Physics Today, Vol. 62, #8, Aug. 2009, p. 11.
- Torrence V. Johnson, "Special Issue: A Look at the Galilean Satellites After the Galileo Mission", Physics Today, Vol. 57, #4, Apr. 2004, p. 77.
- Laurence Viennot and Jean Luc Leroy-Bury, "Doppler and Römer: What do They Have in Common?", Physics Education, Vol. 39, #3, May 2004, p. 273.
- Steven W. Squyres, "Ganymede and Callisto: One of Jupiter's Icy Moons Shows Evidence of a Period of Intense Geologic Activity, Whereas the Other Appears to Have Remained Dormant", Amercan Scientist, Vol. 71, #1, Jan/Feb. 1983, p. 56.
- Corey S. Powell, "Europa Or Bust: Searching For Life In Jupiter's Orbit", Popular Science, Vol. 287, #3, Sept. 2015, p. 54.
- Jennifer Lehman, "Every Single Moon Ranked", Popular Mechanics, May/June 2024, p. 24.
- Isaac Asimov, "The Moons Twin", Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, p. 119 - 128.
- "Highest Volcanic Eruption", Guinness Book of World Records, 2003, p. 70.