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| Cryovolcanoes are pseudo-volcanoes present on ], the largest moon of ]. Unlike ] on ] which spew hot ], |
'''Cryovolcanoes''' are pseudo-volcanoes believed to be present on ], the largest moon of ]. Unlike ]es on ] which spew hot ], cryvolcanoes bring super-cool "lava" to the surface of their planets. They are volcanic-like vents that spew forth ice, water or vapor-phase volatiles, with some gas driven solid fragments instead of lava. It is suggetsed that they could be present on Titan, one of Saturn's moons. However it has only been seen on ], the biggest of ]'s moons. Also it is said that they might be active in ] and ]. | ||
| This term was coined by ] in late 2004, when the ] space probe observed cryvolcanoes and cryogenic lakes for the first time. | |||
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Cryovolcanoes are pseudo-volcanoes believed to be present on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn. Unlike volcanoes on Earth which spew hot lava, cryvolcanoes bring super-cool "lava" to the surface of their planets. They are volcanic-like vents that spew forth ice, water or vapor-phase volatiles, with some gas driven solid fragments instead of lava. It is suggetsed that they could be present on Titan, one of Saturn's moons. However it has only been seen on Triton, the biggest of Neptune's moons. Also it is said that they might be active in Europa and Enceladus.
This term was coined by NASA in late 2004, when the Cassini space probe observed cryvolcanoes and cryogenic lakes for the first time.