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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
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Ganymede: Torn Comet - Crater Chain
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Ganymede: Torn Comet - Crater Chain
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This striking line of 13 closely spaced craters [ http://photojournal…PIAGenCatalogPage.pl ?PIA01610 ] on Jupiter's moon Ganymede [ http://cass.jsc.nas…] was photographed by the Galileo spacecraft in 1997. The picture covers an area about 120 miles wide and the chain of craters cuts across a sharp boundary between dark and light terrain. What caused this crater chain? Remarkably, the exploration of the Solar System [ http://sse.jpl.nasa…], has shown that crater chains [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] like this one are not unique [ http://neo.jpl.nasa…], though they were [ http://stardust.jpl…] considered mysterious until a dramatic object lesson was offered by comet Shoemaker-Levy 9. In 1994 many denizens of planet Earth [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] watched as huge pieces of this torn comet [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] slammed into Jupiter itself in a spectacular series of sequential impacts [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. It is very likely that similar torn comets from the early history of the Solar System are responsible for this and other crater chains [ http://astrosun.tn.…chain.html ].
Explanation
This striking line of 13 closely spaced craters [ http://photojournal…PIAGenCatalogPage.pl ?PIA01610 ] on Jupiter's moon Ganymede [ http://cass.jsc.nas…] was photographed by the Galileo spacecraft in 1997. The picture covers an area about 120 miles wide and the chain of craters cuts across a sharp boundary between dark and light terrain. What caused this crater chain? Remarkably, the exploration of the Solar System [ http://sse.jpl.nasa…], has shown that crater chains [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] like this one are not unique [ http://neo.jpl.nasa…], though they were [ http://stardust.jpl…] considered mysterious until a dramatic object lesson was offered by comet Shoemaker-Levy 9. In 1994 many denizens of planet Earth [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] watched as huge pieces of this torn comet [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] slammed into Jupiter itself in a spectacular series of sequential impacts [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. It is very likely that similar torn comets from the early history of the Solar System are responsible for this and other crater chains [ http://astrosun.tn.…chain.html ]. Explanation
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Credit_and_Copyright
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keyword:
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crater
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keyword:
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comet
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crater chain
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crater chain
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ganymede
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1997
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1997
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1994
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1994
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Ganymede
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Ganymede
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Jupiter
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Jupiter
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Johnson Space Center (JSC)
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Johnson Space Center (JSC)
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Earth
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Earth
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Galileo
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Galileo
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Ganymede
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Ganymede
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Moon
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Moon
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Crater
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Crater
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Jupiter
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Jupiter
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COMETS
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COMETS
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Stardust
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Stardust
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comet
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comet
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crater
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crater
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1997
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1997
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1994
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1994
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original url:
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original_url
original url
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UID:
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SPD-APOD-ap011215
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SPD-APOD-ap011215
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