Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Jupiter, Io, and Shadow
Explanation:
Just as planets orbit our Sun, Jupiter's Moons [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] orbit Jupiter. Pictured above [ http://photojournal…] is the closest of Jupiter's Galilean Satellites [ http://www.jpl.nasa…], Io [ http://www.seds.org…], superposed in front of the giant planet it circles. To the left of Io [ http://www.hawastso…] is a dark spot that is its own shadow. The tremendous complexities that can be seen in Jupiter's banded, swirling atmosphere [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] are being studied and may provide insight as to how Earth's atmosphere [ http://csep10.phys.…] behaves. The above true-color contrast-enhanced image [ http://photojournal…] was taken [ http://ciclops.lpl.…] two weeks ago by the robot spacecraft Cassini [ http://quest.arc.na…], currently passing Jupiter [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and on its way to Saturn [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] in 2004. Engineers continue to study [ http://www.jpl.nasa…] the Cassini spacecraft [ http://www.jpl.nasa…] itself to understand why it required more force than normal to turn one of its maneuvering wheels.
Credit and Copyright:
Cassini Imaging Team [ http://ciclops.lpl.…], Cassini Project [ http://www.jpl.nasa…], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]
keyword:
Io
keyword:
Jupiter
keyword:
Cassini
facet_when:
2004
facet_where:
Ganymede
facet_where:
Arizona
facet_where:
Saturn
facet_where:
Jupiter
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Galileo
facet_what:
Ganymede
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Saturn
facet_what:
Cassini
facet_what:
Jupiter
facet_what:
Io
facet_when_year:
2004
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap001226

Jupiter, Io, and Shadow
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