Io is close to the massive Jupiter. As a result " tidal forces" cause large amounts of "flexing" inside Io. This means that Io is volcanically active.
The situation with Earth's moon is not really comparable.
Io orbits Jupiter at a distance of 421,700 km (262,000 mi) from the planet's center and 350,000 km (217,000 mi) from its cloudtops. It is the innermost of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter, its orbit lying between those of Thebe and Europa. Including Jupiter's inner satellites, Io is the fifth moon out from Jupiter. It takes 42.5 hours to revolve once (fast enough for its motion to be observed over a single night of observation). Io is in a 2:1 mean-motion orbital resonance with Europa and a 4:1 mean-motion orbital resonance with Ganymede, completing two orbits of Jupiter for every one orbit completed by Europa, and four orbits for every one completed by Ganymede. This resonance helps maintain Io's orbital eccentricity (0.0041), which in turn provides the primary heating source for its geologic activity (see the "Tidal heating" section for a more detailed explanation of the process).[27] Without this forced eccentricity, Io's orbit would circularize through tidal dissipation, leading to a geologically less active world.
No. Io is one of the moons of Jupiter, not Saturn.
Io is the closest moon to JUPITER. With that established, yes Io is extremely active in the volcanic sense.
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There are 22 active volcanoes in the Philippines
there are 29 active volcanoes in Central America
there are 48 active or potentiaññy active volcanoes in the U.S
there are many active volcanoes
There are 22 active volcanoes in the Philippines.
There are 22 active volcanoes in the Philippines
there are 29 active volcanoes in Central America
there are 48 active or potentiaññy active volcanoes in the U.S
there are many active volcanoes
There are 22 active volcanoes in the Philippines.
There are exactly 1496 active volcanoes in the world right now.
Iceland has about 900 volcanoes and 55 are active!
There are currently 24 active volcanoes in the Philippines.
Approximately 150, with about 60 active ones.
No one really knows how many Active Volcanoes Indonesia has. But they have the most active volcanoes in the world!
There are exactly 12 active volcanoes on the continent of North America..
There are exactly 12 active volcanoes on the continent of North America..