Io

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Io
Type:	Moon
Affiliation:	United Federation of Planets
Status:	Intact (2370s)
Native Species:	Unnamed Microorganism
Location:	In orbit of Jupiter Sol system Sector 001 Alpha Quadrant

Io was a moon of Jupiter, in the Sol system.

During the Europa Mission, launched in 2024, astronautRenée Picard discovered a microorganism on Io that she believed was sentient. She convinced the mission commander to bring it back to Earth. A team led by Ricardo later discovered that the organism held the key to reversing the ecological damage done to Earth by industrial development. (PIC: "The Star Gazer", "Farewell")

The Io Facility, a secret StarfleetSection 31spacedock where the Dreadnought-classUSS Vengeance was constructed and launched in 2259, was located in orbit of Io at coordinates 23.17.46.11. (Star Trek Into Darkness)

On her way to intercept V'ger in the mid-2270s, the USS Enterprise passed by Jupiter and its moons, including Io, at impulse speed. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)

In VOY: "Life Line", Lewis Zimmermansarcastically recommends a tour of the lava flows of Jupiter's third moon, which, according to real-world science, is Amalthea, a small asteroid. If Zimmerman's remark was intended as a reference to Jupiter's volcanically active fifth moon Io, the order of Jovian satellites must have changed by the 24th century. It is also possible that Dr. Zimmerman was mistaken about which moon was volcanically active.

According to the Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual, (p. 17) Humans discover dilithium in 2049 on the "fifth moon of Jupiter", which would be Io by today's numbering.

External links

• Io at Wikipedia
• Io at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works