Loki Patera is located on Jupiter's moon Io, one of the most volcanically active places in the solar system.
"Many things influence volcanic eruptions, including the rate of magma supply, the composition of the magma—particularly the presence of bubbles in the magma, the type of rock the volcano sits in, the fracture state of the rock, and many other issues," she added.
She said that in the 1990s, the intervals between eruptions were about 540 days, but now this shortened to roughly every 475 days. "Because of its size, basic physics are likely to dominate when it erupts, so the small complications that affect smaller volcanoes are likely to not affect Loki as much," Rathbun said.
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