Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
A New Year for Jupiter and Io
Original Caption Released with Image:
The Galilean satellite Io floats above the cloudtops of Jupiter in this image captured on the dawn of the new millennium, January 1, 2001 10:00 UTC (spacecraft time), two days after Cassini's closest approach. The image is deceiving: there are 350,000 kilometers -- roughly 2.5 Jupiters -- between Io and Jupiter's clouds. Io is the size of our Moon, and Jupiter is very big.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Produced By:
CICLOPS / University of Arizona
Mission:
Cassini
Spacecraft:
Cassini Orbiter
Target Name:
Jupiter
Is a satellite of:
Sol (our sun)
Instrument:
Imaging Science Subsystem
Product Size:
999 samples x 959 lines
Primary Data Set:
Cassini
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
Jupiter
facet_what:
Io
facet_what:
Saturn
facet_what:
Cassini
facet_what:
Dawn
facet_what:
Cassini Orbiter
facet_what:
Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS)
facet_where:
Jupiter
facet_where:
Arizona
facet_where:
Saturn
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_when:
January 1, 2001
facet_when_year:
2001
Image #:
PIA02879
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA02879
orignial url:

A New Year for Jupiter and Io