Europa, taken from Voyager 1 to Jupiter
Range : 5.9 million kilometers (3.66 million miles) Europa is Jupiter's 2nd Galilean satellites from the planet and the brightest. Photo taken early morning through violet filter. Faint swirls and linear patterns show in the equatorial region (which shows darker than the poles). This hemisphere always faces Jupiter. North is up. Density and size comparable to Earth's Moon and seems to show water ice or ground water on its surface. JPL Reference # P-21163.
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NASA ID
A79-7021
Date Created
March 1, 1979
Center
ARC
Media Type
image
Photographer
JPL
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