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Who says astronomers don't have a sense of humor? Jupiters moons have always been named after women associated with the king of the gods in mythology. Callisto, Europa, and Ganymede were all seduced by Jupiter, with some famous offspring from each of them. Not too be left out, the greeks have Io, Sinope and Lysithea.
And then who do they send to check up on the mighty king but his wife Juno (who they named the probe after).
Breathtaking.
I wonder what the scale is. For example, how large are those jutting rock formations we see casting shadows?
Mountains are widely distributed across the surface of Io, the innermost large moon of Jupiter. There are about 115 named mountains; the average length is 157 km (98 mi) and the average height is 6,300 m (20,700 ft).
The average height of the mountains are roughly 10ร the size of the largest building(s) in Dubai.
Those are some big ass mountains
