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Collection:
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NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
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NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Collection
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Title:
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Ganymede's Nippur Sulcus
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Ganymede's Nippur Sulcus
Title
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Original Caption Released with Image:
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New terrain overlays older terrain, which overlays still older surface, in this view of part of the surface of Jupiter's moon Ganymede, taken by the camera onboard NASA's Galileo spacecraft. Galileo obtained the images that make up this mosaic when it flew past Jupiter's moon Ganymede for the second time on September 6, 1996. An area about 54 kilometers (33 miles) wide and 90 kilometers (55 miles) high is shown. Northern Marius Regio (the dark terrain at bottom), Philus Sulcus (bright terrain at center), and Nippur Sulcus (bright terrain at top) are seen illuminated by the Sun from the southeast (north is at the top). The key characteristics and relationships of the major terrain types on tectonically active Ganymede are seen at a resolution 16 times better than images taken by the Voyager spacecraft in 1979. At the bottom, the ancient dark terrain is seen to be very deformed by tectonic fractures and faults. An impact crater about 18 kilometers (about 11 miles) in diameter has been highly modified by faulting. More recent cross-cutting fractures and faults at center illustrate to scientists the sequence of events that have created the younger bright terrain. The lines in the middle left of the image are faults that are cross-cut by younger faults in the upper part of the image. The smooth band in the upper middle of the image may represent water-ice volcanic deposits flooding a fault valley. Clusters of small craters, representing ejecta transported from distant craters and re-impacting here, are seen in the middle of the photo. The images that make up this mosaic were taken at a range of about 11,620 kilometers (about 7,200 miles). The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, manages the mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, DC. This image and other images and data received from Galileo are posted on the Galileo mission home page on the World Wide Web at http://galileo.jpl.n asa.gov. Background information and educational context for the images can be found at http://www.jpl.nasa…
Original_Caption_Rel eased_with_Image
New terrain overlays older terrain, which overlays still older surface, in this view of part of the surface of Jupiter's moon Ganymede, taken by the camera onboard NASA's Galileo spacecraft. Galileo obtained the images that make up this mosaic when it flew past Jupiter's moon Ganymede for the second time on September 6, 1996. An area about 54 kilometers (33 miles) wide and 90 kilometers (55 miles) high is shown. Northern Marius Regio (the dark terrain at bottom), Philus Sulcus (bright terrain at center), and Nippur Sulcus (bright terrain at top) are seen illuminated by the Sun from the southeast (north is at the top). The key characteristics and relationships of the major terrain types on tectonically active Ganymede are seen at a resolution 16 times better than images taken by the Voyager spacecraft in 1979. At the bottom, the ancient dark terrain is seen to be very deformed by tectonic fractures and faults. An impact crater about 18 kilometers (about 11 miles) in diameter has been highly modified by faulting. More recent cross-cutting fractures and faults at center illustrate to scientists the sequence of events that have created the younger bright terrain. The lines in the middle left of the image are faults that are cross-cut by younger faults in the upper part of the image. The smooth band in the upper middle of the image may represent water-ice volcanic deposits flooding a fault valley. Clusters of small craters, representing ejecta transported from distant craters and re-impacting here, are seen in the middle of the photo. The images that make up this mosaic were taken at a range of about 11,620 kilometers (about 7,200 miles). The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, manages the mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, DC. This image and other images and data received from Galileo are posted on the Galileo mission home page on the World Wide Web at http://galileo.jpl.n asa.gov. Background information and educational context for the images can be found at http://www.jpl.nasa…Original Caption Released with Image
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Addition Date:
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1997-11-18
Addition_Date
1997-11-18
Addition Date
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Produced By:
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JPL
Produced_By
JPL
Produced By
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Mission:
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Galileo
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Spacecraft:
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Galileo Orbiter
Spacecraft
Galileo Orbiter
Spacecraft
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Target Name:
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Ganymede
Target_Name
Ganymede
Target Name
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Is a satellite of:
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Jupiter
Is_a_satellite_of
Jupiter
Is a satellite of
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Instrument:
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Solid-State Imaging
Instrument
Solid-State Imaging
Instrument
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Product Size:
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560 samples x 905 lines
Product_Size
560 samples x 905 lines
Product Size
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Primary Data Set:
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Galileo EDRs
Primary_Data_Set
Galileo EDRs
Primary Data Set
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Producer ID:
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P47961
MRPS76932
Producer_ID
P47961
MRPS76932
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facet_what:
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Sun
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Sun
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Crater
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Crater
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facet_what:
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Moon
facet_what
Moon
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facet_what:
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Jupiter
facet_what
Jupiter
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facet_what:
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Voyager
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Voyager
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facet_what:
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Galileo
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Galileo
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facet_what:
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Galileo Orbiter
facet_what
Galileo Orbiter
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Solid-State Imaging
facet_what
Solid-State Imaging
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Ganymede
facet_what
Ganymede
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Ganymede (Jupiter Moon)
facet_what
Ganymede (Jupiter Moon)
facet_what
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facet_where:
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_where
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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facet_where:
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Jupiter
facet_where
Jupiter
facet_where
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facet_where:
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Washington
facet_where
Washington
facet_where
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facet_where:
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Ganymede
facet_where
Ganymede
facet_where
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facet_where:
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
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facet_when:
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1979
facet_when
1979
facet_when
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facet_when:
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September 6, 1996
facet_when
September 6, 1996
facet_when
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facet_when_year:
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1979
facet_when_year
1979
facet_when_year
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facet_when_year:
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1996
facet_when_year
1996
facet_when_year
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Image #:
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PIA00497
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UID:
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA00497
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA00497
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