Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Galileo Photographs Ganymede
Explanation:
Ganymede's surface is slowly being pulled apart. This photo of Ganymede [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] was released earlier today [ http://newproducts.…] by the Galileo team at NASA. The Galileo Spacecraft [ http://newproducts.…] arrived at Jupiter [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] in December 1995. In late June, the spacecraft passed within 10,000 kilometers of Ganymede [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]'s icy surface, and took pictures showing complex surface details for the first time. The line-like features in this photo are sunlit ridges rising above Ganymede [ http://seds.lpl.ari…]'s ice-plains. The circular features are impact craters. Ganymede [ http://bang.lanl.go…] is the largest moon of Jupiter [ http://seds.lpl.ari…] and hence the largest of the four Galilean satellites: Io [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], Europa [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], Ganymede [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], and Callisto [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…].
Credit and Copyright:
Galileo Mission Team [ http://newproducts.…], Galileo Spacecraft [ http://newproducts.…] NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]
facet_when:
December 1995
facet_where:
Ganymede
facet_where:
Arizona
facet_where:
Jupiter
facet_where:
Europa
facet_where:
Callisto
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_what:
Galileo
facet_what:
Ganymede
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
Jupiter
facet_what:
Io
facet_what:
Europa
facet_what:
Callisto
facet_when_year:
1995
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap960710

Galileo Photographs Ganymede
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