Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Cassini Spacecraft Approaches Jupiter
Explanation:
A new spacecraft has entered the outer Solar System: Cassini [ http://www.jpl.nasa…]. Launched in 1997 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and bound for Saturn in 2004, Cassini sent back the above image [ http://ciclops.lpl.…] last week while approaching the giant planet Jupiter [ http://www.seds.org…]. Cassini [ http://quest.arc.na…] joins the Galileo spacecraft [ http://www.jpl.nasa…] currently in orbit around Jupiter in studying the gas giant and its moons. In fact, observations [ http://www.jpl.nasa…] involving both spacecraft [ http://www.jpl.nasa…] simultaneously are planned in the coming months. This color picture [ http://photojournal…PIAGenCatalogPage.pl ?PIA02972 ] was taken when Cassini was 81.3 million kilometers from Jupiter. The alternating dark and bright bands characteristic of Jupiter's cloud tops [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] can be easily seen. Jupiter's moon Europa [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] is also seen at the far right of the image casting a round shadow on the planet.
Credit and Copyright:
Cassini Imaging Team [ http://ciclops.lpl.…], Cassini Project [ http://www.jpl.nasa…], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]
keyword:
Jupiter
keyword:
Cassini
facet_when:
1997
facet_when:
2004
facet_where:
Arizona
facet_where:
Saturn
facet_where:
Jupiter
facet_where:
Europa
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_what:
Galileo
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
Saturn
facet_what:
Cassini
facet_what:
Jupiter
facet_what:
Europa
facet_what:
spacecraft
facet_what:
Cassini spacecraft
facet_when_year:
1997
facet_when_year:
2004
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap001011

Cassini Spacecraft Approaches Jupiter
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