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Three different types of volcanic eruptions have been identified, differing in duration, intensity, lava effusion rate, and whether the eruption occurs within a volcanic pit (known as a patera). Io's volcanism has led to the formation of hundreds of volcanic centres and extensive lava formations, making it the most volcanically active body in the Solar System. Without this tidal heating, Io might have been similar to the Moon, a world of similar size and mass, geologically dead and covered with numerous impact craters. This variation in the shape of Io causes frictional heating in its interior. Io's eccentric orbit leads to a slight difference in Jupiter's gravitational pull on the satellite between its closest and farthest points on its orbit, causing a varying tidal bulge. This differs from Earth's internal heating, which is derived primarily from radioactive isotope decay and primordial heat of accretion.

Io's volcanism makes the satellite one of only four known currently volcanically active worlds in the Solar System (the other three being Earth, Saturn's moon Enceladus, and Neptune's moon Triton).įirst predicted shortly before the Voyager 1 flyby, the heat source for Io's volcanism comes from tidal heating produced by its forced orbital eccentricity.

Up to 400 such volcanoes are predicted to exist based on these observations. Observations of Io by passing spacecraft (the Voyagers, Galileo, Cassini, and New Horizons) and Earth-based astronomers have revealed more than 150 active volcanoes. Its volcanic activity was discovered in 1979 by Voyager 1 imaging scientist Linda Morabito. Volcanism on Io, a moon of Jupiter, is represented by the presence of volcanoes, volcanic pits and lava flows on the moon's surface. The downside is that so much energy would go into building the thing in the first place, I'm not sure it would be worth it.Io, with two plumes erupting from its surface But a Planet-Large Moon system, maybe it could work. You'd also need a large moon, otherwise the orbit would circularize and energy would diminish. I have no idea if it would be practical at all, but it's theoretically possible. Whether such a thing is practical is another question. The amount of electricity would depend on the mass and size and flexibility of the spherical construct and the energy would come from a nearly limitless source - the planet's rotational energy.

The stretching back and forth and the mass of the outer shell of this object could pull pistons and make electricity. In theory, a devise could be built using material and mass asteroids and carbon fiber cables, and some kind of structure where there was a spherical outside that stretches and squishes in an orbit, ideally, like Io, between the planet and it's large moon where some eccentricity and variation would be maintained. Jupiter works, or, an outer planet, maybe even the theoretical Planet 9, where solar-energy panels would be pretty pointless, Uranium fuel might be scarce and 3He takes time to collect for fusion, so they need a power source. Lets say we have a colony far from the Sun.

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In terms of 'Magic Energy' (I hate the word magic, lets say free energy)

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