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<p><font size="2"><strong>A proposal for a dedicated Io probe.</strong></font></p><p><font size="3"><strong>The Io Volcanic Observer. </strong></font><br /> <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/4/10/545aac9c-155f-4b2e-aa8c-eee57223a2a3.Medium.jpg" alt="" /><br /> </p><p><font size="2"><strong>This will enable entire global mapping of Io & many observations of the moon Europa also from Jovecentric orbit. The craft would orbit Jupiter at a 45 degree inclination (IMO a polar orbit would be better) & at each perijove, would encounter Io perhaps as close as 100 KM or even lower.</strong></font></p><p><font size="2"><strong>Andrew Brown. </strong></font></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>