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Collection:
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NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Collection
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Collection
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Title:
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Callisto's Varied Crater Landscape
Title
Callisto's Varied Crater Landscape
Title
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Original Caption Released with Image:
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This portion of the surface of Callisto, Jupiter's second largest moon, contains an immensely varied crater landscape. A large, degraded crater dominates the southern (bottom) portion of the image. There are fresh to highly degraded craters at all sizes, but a relatively low number of small, fresh craters. A diagonal "trench" cuts across a crater rim in the north (top) of the image. Several clusters of small craters appear throughout the image. Images revealing the appearance and numbers of craters, help establish which erosional processes take place on a planet's surface, and help determine a relative age for the surface. North is to the top of the picture. The image, centered at 13.4 degrees north latitude and 141.8 degrees west longitude, covers an area approximately 61 kilometers (38 miles) by 60 kilometers (37 miles). The resolution is about 85 meters (280 feet) per picture element. The horizontal black lines indicate gaps in the data received for this image. The image was taken on September 17th, 1997 at a range of 8400 kilometers (5200 miles) by the Solid State Imaging (SSI) system on NASA's Galileo spacecraft during its tenth orbit of Jupiter. 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://galileo.jpl.nasa.gov . Background information and educational context for the images can be found at URL http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/sepo
Original_Caption_Rel eased_with_Image
This portion of the surface of Callisto, Jupiter's second largest moon, contains an immensely varied crater landscape. A large, degraded crater dominates the southern (bottom) portion of the image. There are fresh to highly degraded craters at all sizes, but a relatively low number of small, fresh craters. A diagonal "trench" cuts across a crater rim in the north (top) of the image. Several clusters of small craters appear throughout the image. Images revealing the appearance and numbers of craters, help establish which erosional processes take place on a planet's surface, and help determine a relative age for the surface. North is to the top of the picture. The image, centered at 13.4 degrees north latitude and 141.8 degrees west longitude, covers an area approximately 61 kilometers (38 miles) by 60 kilometers (37 miles). The resolution is about 85 meters (280 feet) per picture element. The horizontal black lines indicate gaps in the data received for this image. The image was taken on September 17th, 1997 at a range of 8400 kilometers (5200 miles) by the Solid State Imaging (SSI) system on NASA's Galileo spacecraft during its tenth orbit of Jupiter. 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://galileo.jpl.nasa.gov . Background information and educational context for the images can be found at URL http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/sepo Original Caption Released with Image
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Addition Date:
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1998-10-13
Addition_Date
1998-10-13
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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Callisto
Target_Name
Callisto
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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720 samples x 703 lines
Product_Size
720 samples x 703 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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MRPS93545
Producer_ID
MRPS93545
Producer ID
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facet_what:
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Crater
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Crater
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Moon
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Moon
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facet_what:
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Jupiter
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Jupiter
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Galileo
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Galileo
facet_what
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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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Callisto
facet_what
Callisto
facet_what
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facet_where:
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_where
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_where
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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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Callisto
facet_where
Callisto
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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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
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facet_when:
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8400
facet_when
8400
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facet_when:
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September 17th, 1997
facet_when
September 17th, 1997
facet_when
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facet_when_year:
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1997
facet_when_year
1997
facet_when_year
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facet_when_year:
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8400
facet_when_year
8400
facet_when_year
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Image #:
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PIA01632
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UID:
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA01632
UID
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA01632
UID
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orignial url:
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orignial_url
orignial url
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