Discovering Io The Solar System's Heaviest Satellite

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today io is known to be one of the largest satellites in the entire solar system second only to ganymede titan and callisto in size its radius is one thousand eight hundred and twenty one kilometers and its mass reaches about 8 9 times ten to the power of 22 kilograms If we compare this celestial body with the Moon it turns out that these objects are almost identical in size However if we compare the masses we will notice that Io is more massive than the main satellite of our planet by as much as 21 percent This suggests that the average density of this space object is higher than that of any other satellite in the Solar System According to calculations it is about 3 5 grams per cubic centimeter which is noticeably higher than most non-metallic rocks credit https://youtu.be/EcQus5hG0Kg?si=QapVyQl-ef9DfOZG