Multiwavelength Astronomy Multimedia


Title

Jupiter and its moons

Description

Jupiter and its four planet-sized moons, called the Galilean satellites, were photographed in early March 1979 by Voyager 1 and assembled into this collage. Io is the moon in the upper left corner of the image, and is the moon that is closest to Jupiter.

Facility

Voyager 1

Subject

  • Jupiter
  • Planet
  • Moon

Spectral Type

Optical

Date Created

1979-03

Credits

NASA/JPL

Type

Collage

Associated Lesson

Gamma Ray Tools

This material is based upon work supported by NASA under Grant Nos. NNX09AD33G and NNX10AE80G issued through the SMD ROSES 2009 Program.

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