Prometheus (volcano)

The Prometheus Patera is an active annular volcano on Jupiter's moon Io. Prometheus is on the side facing away from Jupiter hemisphere Ios. His position is 1 ° 31 ' S, 153 ° 56' 1.52 WIO - 153.94Koordinaten: 1 ° 31 ' S, 153 ° 56 ' W. Prometheus consists of the annular volcano Prometheus Patera and a 100 km long lava flow. The volcano was first detected on images from Voyager 1 in March 1979. In 1979, the International Astronomical Union named it after the Greek god of fire, Prometheus.