Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection Collection NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection Collection
Title:
Kittu Dark Ray Crater Title Kittu Dark Ray Crater Title
Original Caption Released with Image:
View of the dark ray crater Kittu on Jupiter's moon, Ganymede. Kittu is seen in approximately true color, as imaged with the Galileo camera's violet, one micrometer, and near infrared filters. The crater shows a bright white central peak and rim, and dark brownish material surrounding it. Diffuse dark rays, sprinkled thinly atop surrounding grooved terrain, emanate from the impact site. The dark material dusted over the surface is probably part of a dark impactor (asteroid or comet) which was strewn across the surface upon impact. The impactor hit grooved terrain, and a straight segment of the crater's rim was created when a portion of the rim collapsed along the trend of an older fault. North is to the bottom of the picture and the sun illuminates the surface from the left. The mosaic, centered at 0 degrees latitude and 335 degrees longitude, covers an area approximately 70 by 100 kilometers. The resolution in the color portion of this image is about 280 meters per picture element, while the resolution in the black and white portion is 145 meters per picture element. The images were taken beginning on April 5, 1997 from 6 hours, 39 minutes, 46 seconds Universal Time at a range of 14252 kilometers by the Solid State Imaging (SSI) system on NASA's Galileo spacecraft. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA manages the Galileo mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, DC. This image and other images and data received from Galileo are posted on the World Wide Web, on the Galileo mission home page at URL http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/sepo Original_Caption_Rel eased_with_Image View of the dark ray crater Kittu on Jupiter's moon, Ganymede. Kittu is seen in approximately true color, as imaged with the Galileo camera's violet, one micrometer, and near infrared filters. The crater shows a bright white central peak and rim, and dark brownish material surrounding it. Diffuse dark rays, sprinkled thinly atop surrounding grooved terrain, emanate from the impact site. The dark material dusted over the surface is probably part of a dark impactor (asteroid or comet) which was strewn across the surface upon impact. The impactor hit grooved terrain, and a straight segment of the crater's rim was created when a portion of the rim collapsed along the trend of an older fault. North is to the bottom of the picture and the sun illuminates the surface from the left. The mosaic, centered at 0 degrees latitude and 335 degrees longitude, covers an area approximately 70 by 100 kilometers. The resolution in the color portion of this image is about 280 meters per picture element, while the resolution in the black and white portion is 145 meters per picture element. The images were taken beginning on April 5, 1997 from 6 hours, 39 minutes, 46 seconds Universal Time at a range of 14252 kilometers by the Solid State Imaging (SSI) system on NASA's Galileo spacecraft. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA manages the Galileo mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, DC. This image and other images and data received from Galileo are posted on the World Wide Web, on the Galileo mission home page at URL http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/sepo Original Caption Released with Image
Addition Date:
1998-07-15 Addition_Date 1998-07-15 Addition Date
Produced By:
Brown University Produced_By Brown University Produced By
Mission:
Galileo Mission Galileo Mission
Spacecraft:
Galileo Orbiter Spacecraft Galileo Orbiter Spacecraft
Target Name:
Ganymede Target_Name Ganymede Target Name
Is a satellite of:
Jupiter Is_a_satellite_of Jupiter Is a satellite of
Instrument:
Solid-State Imaging Instrument Solid-State Imaging Instrument
Product Size:
692 samples x 480 lines Product_Size 692 samples x 480 lines Product Size
Primary Data Set:
Galileo EDRs Primary_Data_Set Galileo EDRs Primary Data Set
Producer ID:
P50060 MRPS89757 Producer_ID P50060 MRPS89757 Producer ID
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facet_what:
Crater facet_what Crater facet_what
facet_what:
Moon facet_what Moon facet_what
facet_what:
Jupiter facet_what Jupiter facet_what
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Galileo facet_what Galileo facet_what
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facet_what:
Solid-State Imaging facet_what Solid-State Imaging facet_what
facet_what:
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facet_what:
Impactor facet_what Impactor facet_what
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory facet_where Jet Propulsion Laboratory facet_where
facet_where:
Jupiter facet_where Jupiter facet_where
facet_where:
Washington facet_where Washington facet_where
facet_where:
Ganymede facet_where Ganymede facet_where
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) facet_where Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) facet_where
facet_when:
April 5, 1997 facet_when April 5, 1997 facet_when
facet_when_year:
1997 facet_when_year 1997 facet_when_year
Image #:
PIA01611 Image_# PIA01611 Image #
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA01611 UID SPD-PHOTJ-PIA01611 UID
orignial url:
http://photojournal… orignial_url http://photojournal… orignial url

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