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"IAU Symposium 269 celebrates the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's discovery of the Medicean Moons, Jupiter's four largest satellites, exploring the impact his findings have had on science and the humanities. Galileo's instrumental discovery and his belief that the planets and moons in our Solar System could be habitable worlds encouraged a deeper understanding of our place in the Universe. Today, ongoing space missions to Jupiter's moons, our own Moon, Mars, Saturn and Enceladus reveal our continued fascination with the possibilities of alien life, but this time with a focus on potential host sites for primitive life forms. These critical reviews examine our present knowledge of the Jupiter system and consider how future space missions and improvements in telescopes will bolster the contemporary vision of our Solar System, of the many known extrasolar planetary systems and of life forms beyond the Solar System." -- Back cover.

Galilean satellites --- Galilei, Galileo, --- Influence --- Jupiter (Planet) --- Exploration

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Jupiter’s moon Io is the Solar System’s most exotic satellite. Active volcanism on Io was discovered from observations by the Voyager 1 spacecraft in 1979, confirming a possibility suggested from theoretical studies of Io’s orbit. Our knowledge of Io’s volcanism, composition, and space environment were significantly increased as a result of observations by the Galileo spacecraft from 1996 through 2001. The end of the Galileo mission in 2003 makes this an ideal time to summarize the new results in a book as no book has ever been written about Jupiter’s volcanic moon, Io.

Galilean satellites. --- Galileo Project. --- Io (Satellite) --- Jupiter (Planet) --- Exploration. --- Galilean moons --- Medicean planets --- Medicean stars --- Project Galileo --- Jupiter I (Satellite) --- Satellites --- Physical geography. --- Astrophysics and Astroparticles. --- Geophysics/Geodesy. --- Geography --- Astrophysics. --- Geophysics. --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Physics --- Geological physics --- Terrestrial physics --- Earth sciences