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Artwork of Galileo at Io Target Name:   Io Spacecraft:   Galileo Produced by:   NASA/JPL Copyright:  NASA Copyright Free Policy Date Released:  3 May 1996 Related Document Jupiter's Moon Io Download Options Name Type Width x Height Size galileo3.gif GIF 640 x 437 107K galileo3.jpg JPEG 1574 x 1074 208K NASA's Galileo spacecraft has found Jupiter's volcanic moon Io to have a huge iron core that takes up half its diameter. The spacecraft's 899 kilometer (559-mile) flyby of Io on December 7, 1995 is depicted in this computer graphics painting. Galileo also detected a large "hole" in Jupiter's magnetic field near Io, leading to speculation about whether Io possesses its own magnetic field. If so, it would be the first planetary moon known to have one. The mission is conducted for NASA by JPL.

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