South Boösaule Mons (), the highest mountain of
Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the List of Solar System objects by size, largest in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with a mass more than two and a half times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined, but ...
's moon
Io, is one of the tallest mountains in the
Solar System
The Solar SystemCapitalization of the name varies. The International Astronomical Union, the authoritative body regarding astronomical nomenclature, specifies capitalizing the names of all individual astronomical objects but uses mixed "Solar S ...
. It is located just northwest of the volcano
Pele, in the Boösaule Montes.
The official name of the mountain range was given in honor of the
cave in Egypt where
Io gave birth to
Epaphus, and approved by the
IAU
The International Astronomical Union (IAU; french: link=yes, Union astronomique internationale, UAI) is a nongovernmental organisation with the objective of advancing astronomy in all aspects, including promoting astronomical research, outreach ...
in 1985.
Size
South Boösaule has a relative height of 18.2 km (17.5 km from the foot), dimensions of 145 × 159 km (the diameter of the mountain range is 540 km
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(Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature)), and it covers an area of 17,900 km
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On the south-east side of the mountain there is a steep cliff up to 15 km high.
See also
* List of tallest mountains in the Solar System
This is a list of the tallest mountains in the Solar System. This list includes peaks on all celestial bodies where significant mountains have been detected. For some celestial bodies, different peaks are given across different types of measure ...
References
External links
Map of the surroundings of the array Boösaule
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Mountains on Io (moon)
Surface features of Jupiter's moons