-
nature of
direct observations means that the true
number of
extant cryovolcanoes is contentious. Like
volcanism on the
terrestrial planets, cryovolcanism...
-
indicate that Saturn's moon
Titan probably has
volcanoes that
eject water (
cryovolcanoes). Triton, a moon of the
planet Neptune, has
noncryovolcanic geysers...
-
still flow
through the
outer mantle and
reach the surface,
allowing cryovolcanoes such as
Ahuna Mons to form
roughly every fifty million years. This makes...
-
lower atmosphere,
while methane raises the
temperature at the surface.
Cryovolcanoes erupt methane into the atmosphere,
which then
rains down onto the surface...
- be
obscured by
geological processes.
Other types of
volcano include cryovolcanoes (or ice volcanoes),
particularly on some
moons of Jupiter, Saturn, and...
- is
mostly rocky. Such
planets can have
internal sal****er
oceans and
cryovolcanoes erupting liquid water (i.e. an
internal hydrosphere, like
Europa or...
- smooth, with few
impact craters,
although mountains and
several possible cryovolcanoes have been found. The
atmosphere of
Titan is
largely nitrogen; minor...
-
surface of
Charon that
suggested the
presence of
active cryogeysers and
cryovolcanoes. The fact that the ice was
still in
crystalline form
suggested it may...
- C****ini
discovered water-rich
plumes venting from the
south polar region.
Cryovolcanoes near the
south pole
shoot geyser-like jets of
water vapor, molecular...
-
planets of the
Solar System. In 1989, the
Voyager 2
spacecraft observed cryovolcanoes (ice volcanoes) on Triton, a moon of Neptune, and in 2005 the C****ini–Huygens...
