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Io<br />

• About Same Distance<br />

as Moon from EARTH<br />

• JUPITER 300 Times<br />

Larger Than EARTH<br />

Voyager<br />

• Major Tidal Heating<br />

• JUPITER Pulls Io Into an Elongate Shape<br />

Several Kilometer Bulge Toward JUPITER<br />

• Gravitational Pulls of Europa and Ganymede Keep Io from<br />

Settling Into a Circular Orbit<br />

Perihelion - Io Moving Fastest (Rotation Rate Falls Behind Revolution Rate)<br />

Aphelion – Io Moving Slowest (Rotation Rate Exceeds Revolution Rate)

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