Amirani (volcano)

Amirani is an active volcano on Jupiter's moon Io. It is located on Io's leading hemisphere at 24.46° North Latitude, 114.68° West Longitude.cite web | last=Blue | first=Jennifer | date=October 1, 2008 |url=http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/jsp/FeatureTypesData2.jsp?systemID=5&bodyID=7&typeID=11&system=Jupiter&body=Io&type=Eruptive%20center&sort=AName&show=Fname&show=Lat&show=Long&show=Diam&show=Stat&show=Orig | title=Io Nomenclature: Eruptive center | publisher=USGS | accessdate=2008-10-01 ] Amirani consists of a half-circle shaped, convert|37|km-wide volcanic pit, which is connected to a convert|330|km-long compound lava flow by a narrow channel. The southern half of the Amirani flow field is surrounded by a circular, bright sulfur dioxide diffuse deposit, created by a sulfur-rich volcanic plume.cite book |last=Davies |first=A. |title=Volcanism on Io: A Comparison with Earth |year=2007 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=0-521-85003-7 |pages=pp. 208–216 |chapter=Prometheus and Amirani: effusive activity and insulated flows ] The volcano was first observed in images acquired by the "Voyager 1" spacecraft in March 1979.cite journal |title=The Jupiter system through the eyes of Voyager 1 |journal=Science |last=Smith |first=B. A. |coauthors="et al." |pages=951–972 |volume=204 |issue= |date=1979] Later that year, the International Astronomical Union named this feature after an Georgian fire god, Amirani.

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