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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection Collection NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection Collection
Title:
Jupiter And Family Title Jupiter And Family Title
Explanation:
This composite image [ http://galileo.ivv.…] features classic portraits of members of one of the Solar System's [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] most prominent families - Jupiter [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and its four large "Galilean" [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] moons. Starting from the top the moons are Io [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], Europa [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], Ganymede [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], and Callisto [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. The top-to-bottom order is also the order of increasing distance from Jupiter. These are big moons indeed which attend the largest planet [ http://seds.lpl.ari…]. The smallest of the lot, Europa, is the size of Earth's moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] while Ganymede is the largest moon in the Solar System. In fact, Ganymede with a diameter of 3,100 miles, is larger than the planets Mercury [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and Pluto [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. The swirling Great Red Spot [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] appears at the edge of Jupiter. A hurricane-like storm system that has persisted for over 300 years, two to three earths could fit inside it. Battered Callisto's [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] image was recorded during the 1979 flyby of Voyager [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. The other portraits were taken by the Galileo spacecraft [ http://galileo.ivv.…] which began exploring the Jovian system in 1995. Explanation This composite image [ http://galileo.ivv.…] features classic portraits of members of one of the Solar System's [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] most prominent families - Jupiter [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and its four large "Galilean" [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] moons. Starting from the top the moons are Io [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], Europa [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], Ganymede [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], and Callisto [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. The top-to-bottom order is also the order of increasing distance from Jupiter. These are big moons indeed which attend the largest planet [ http://seds.lpl.ari…]. The smallest of the lot, Europa, is the size of Earth's moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] while Ganymede is the largest moon in the Solar System. In fact, Ganymede with a diameter of 3,100 miles, is larger than the planets Mercury [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and Pluto [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. The swirling Great Red Spot [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] appears at the edge of Jupiter. A hurricane-like storm system that has persisted for over 300 years, two to three earths could fit inside it. Battered Callisto's [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] image was recorded during the 1979 flyby of Voyager [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. The other portraits were taken by the Galileo spacecraft [ http://galileo.ivv.…] which began exploring the Jovian system in 1995. Explanation
Credit and Copyright:
Galileo Project [ http://galileo.ivv.…], Voyager Project [ http://vraptor.jpl.…], JPL [ http://www.jpl.nasa…], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/] Credit_and_Copyright Galileo Project [ http://galileo.ivv.…], Voyager Project [ http://vraptor.jpl.…], JPL [ http://www.jpl.nasa…], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/] Credit and Copyright
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