Three Views of Europa
Caption:
On the left is a view of Jupiter's moon Europa taken on March 2, 1979, by NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft. In the middle is a color image of Europa taken by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft during its close encounter on July 9, 1979. On the right is a view of Europa made from images taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in the late 1990s.
Cataloging Keywords:
Name |
Value |
Additional Values |
Target |
Europa |
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System |
Jupiter |
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Target Type |
Satellite |
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Mission |
Galileo |
Voyager |
Instrument Host |
Galileo Orbiter |
Voyager 1, Voyager 2 |
Host Type |
Orbiter |
Flyby Spacecraft |
Instrument |
|
|
Detector |
|
|
Extra Keywords |
Color |
Acquisition Date |
|
Release Date |
2021-11-30 |
Date in Caption |
1979-03-02 |
1979-07-09 |
Image Credit |
NASA/JPL-Caltech |
Source |
photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24895 |
Identifier |
PIA24895 |