EarthSky | See 1st new images of Ganymede in over 20 years
NASA's Juno spacecraft has sent back the first new images of Ganymede in over 20 years, showing the complex surface of Jupiter's largest moon in great detail.
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NASA's Juno spacecraft has sent back the first new images of Ganymede in over 20 years, showing the complex surface of Jupiter's largest moon in great detail.
A picture of Ganymede's sunlit side shot using JunoCam NASA said that the sunlit picture released on Tuesday was captured using JunoCam paired with a "green filter," the spacecraft's visible light imager. Once Juno relays home pictures it shot using the Red and Blue filters, NASA said imaging experts will be able to piece together a color portrait of the water-ice-encrusted moon. The pictures have a resolution of approximately one kilometer per pixel. Dark side Close-up imag...
NASA Juno performed a close fly-by to Ganymede, the popular Icy Moon of Jupiter and brought back incredible images.
The images sent back by the spacecraft featured Ganymede's surface in astonishing detail.
NASA's Juno spacecraft flew closer to Ganymede, one of Jupiter's four Galilean moons, than any other in more than two decades, offering dramatic glimpses of the icy...