Variations in the canopy shock structures of massive extraterrestrial plumes: Parametric DSMC simulation of 2007 Tvashtar observations

The New Horizons flyby of the Jovian system yielded multiple images of the erupting Pele-class volcanic plume, Tvashtar. These images include a unique five-frame sequence or “movie” taken over 8 min that revealed short-term dynamical activity in the form of a traveling wave and evolving plume structure. The high-latitude Tvashtar plume was observed from various aspects during the flyby to exhibit a canopy shock and a depositional ring with thermal vent emission. The movie frames and other high-resolution images of Io taken during the New Horizons flyby by the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) were deconvolved to aid analysis of the plume dynamics.