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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: Moonquake World
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Ganymede: Moonquake World
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Ganymede [ http://seds.lpl.ari…] probably undergoes frequent ground shaking events not unlike terrestrial earthquakes. Ganymede [ http://www.c3.lanl.…], the largest moon of Jupiter [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and the Solar System [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], has a thick outer coating of water ice. Passing Voyager spacecraft found a large number of cracks and grooves in the ice so it is thought that Ganymede, like the Earth [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], has large shifting surface masses called tectonic plates. Ganymede was discovered by Galileo [ http://galileo.imss…] and Marius [ http://seds.lpl.ari…] in 1610, and is larger than the planets Mercury and Pluto. The NASA spacecraft Galileo [ http://www.jpl.nasa…] is scheduled to arrive at Jupiter is December of 1995. Tomorrow's picture: Europa: Ancient Water World
Explanation
Ganymede [ http://seds.lpl.ari…] probably undergoes frequent ground shaking events not unlike terrestrial earthquakes. Ganymede [ http://www.c3.lanl.…], the largest moon of Jupiter [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and the Solar System [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], has a thick outer coating of water ice. Passing Voyager spacecraft found a large number of cracks and grooves in the ice so it is thought that Ganymede, like the Earth [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], has large shifting surface masses called tectonic plates. Ganymede was discovered by Galileo [ http://galileo.imss…] and Marius [ http://seds.lpl.ari…] in 1610, and is larger than the planets Mercury and Pluto. The NASA spacecraft Galileo [ http://www.jpl.nasa…] is scheduled to arrive at Jupiter is December of 1995. Tomorrow's picture: Europa: Ancient Water World Explanation
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1995
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1610
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Ganymede
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Hamilton
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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