Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Callisto in True Color
Explanation:
Callisto's surface has many stories to tell. The most distant of Jupiter [ http://www.seds.org…]'s Galilean Moons [ http://www.jpl.nasa…], Callisto [ http://cass.jsc.nas…] shows the highest density of impact craters [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] in the Solar System, but harbors no volcanoes or even any large mountains. Callisto [ http://www.hawastso…]'s surface is laced with cracks [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and craters [ http://bang.lanl.go…] from billions of years of collisions with interplanetary debris. This image [ http://photojournal…] shows
Credit and Copyright:
Galileo Project, JPL, NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]
keyword:
Jupiter
keyword:
Callisto
facet_where:
Ganymede
facet_where:
Jupiter
facet_where:
Callisto
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where:
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
facet_what:
Galileo
facet_what:
Ganymede
facet_what:
Jupiter
facet_what:
Callisto
original url:
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap980511

Callisto in True Color