- Silpium Mons
Silpium Mons is a mountain on
Jupiter 's moon Io. It is 5.6 kilometers in height, 113 kilometers in length, and 79.7 kilometers in width. It covers an area of 7073 km2. It is a striated ridge, meaning it is an elevated structure dominated by one or more prominent linear or arcurate rises.cite web
title=Io Mountain Database | work=planetologia.elte.hu
url=http://planetologia.elte.hu/io/index.phtml?nev=273s51
accessdate=October 21
accessyear=2007] It is named after a location inGreece where the mythological Io died of grief. Its name was adopted by theInternational Astronomical Union in1979 . It is located at 52.7°S, 272.3°W, [cite web
title=USGS Astro: Planetary Nomenclature: Feature Data Search Results | work=USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature Feature Information
url=http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/jsp/FeatureNameDetail.jsp?feature=65704
accessdate=October 21
accessyear=2007] south ofSvarog Patera , north ofMithra Patera , and northeast ofViracocha Patera . ["NASA World Wind " 1.4. NASA Ames Research Center, 2007.] Its proximity to Svarog and Viracocha Paterae has been suggested to be evidence for a structural relationship between mountains andcaldera s on Io. [Harland, David M. (2000). "Jupiter Odyssey: The Story of NASA's Galileo Mission". Springer. ISBN 1852333014. p. 353]References
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