File:Galilean satellites noborder.jpg
Original file (1,870 × 635 pixels, file size: 570 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Summary[edit]
DescriptionGalilean satellites noborder.jpg |
This composite includes the four largest moons of Jupiter which are known as the Galilean satellites. The Galilean satellites were first seen by the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei in 1610. Shown from left to right in order of increasing distance from Jupiter, Io is closest, followed by Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. The order of these satellites from the planet Jupiter helps to explain some of the visible differences among the moons. Io is subject to the strongest tidal stresses from the massive planet. These stresses generate internal heating which is released at the surface and makes Io the most volcanically active body in our solar system. Europa appears to be strongly differentiated with a rock/iron core, an ice layer at its surface, and the potential for local or global zones of water between these layers. Tectonic resurfacing brightens terrain on the less active and partially differentiated moon Ganymede. Callisto, furthest from Jupiter, appears heavily cratered at low resolutions and shows no evidence of internal activity. North is to the top of this composite picture in which these satellites have all been scaled to a common factor of 10 kilometers (6 miles) per picture element. The Solid State Imaging (CCD) system aboard NASA's Galileo spacecraft acquired the Io and Ganymede images in June 1996, the Europa images in September 1996, and the Callisto images in November 1997. Launched in October 1989, the spacecraft's mission is to conduct detailed studies of the giant planet, its largest moons and the Jovian magnetic environment. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, manages the mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, DC. |
||||||
Source | Image courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech. PIA01299 | ||||||
Author | NASA | ||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
|
||||||
Other versions |
with border,
|
This image or video was catalogued by Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: PIA01299. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing. Other languages:
العربية ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца) ∙ български ∙ català ∙ čeština ∙ dansk ∙ Deutsch ∙ English ∙ español ∙ فارسی ∙ français ∙ galego ∙ magyar ∙ հայերեն ∙ Bahasa Indonesia ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ македонски ∙ മലയാളം ∙ Nederlands ∙ polski ∙ português ∙ русский ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenščina ∙ Türkçe ∙ українська ∙ 简体中文 ∙ 繁體中文 ∙ +/− |
Related[edit]
Cropped images of individual moons are:
- Image:Io, moon of Jupiter, NASA.jpg
- Image:Ganymede, moon of Jupiter, NASA.jpg
- Image:Callisto, moon of Jupiter, NASA.jpg
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 14:42, 6 May 2009 | 1,870 × 635 (570 KB) | Wknight94 (talk | contribs) | Slightly larger file size. More meta information perhaps? | |
13:31, 14 February 2007 | 1,870 × 635 (534 KB) | FrancisTyers~commonswiki (talk | contribs) | Image:Galilean satellites.jpg with the borders removed |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
The following page uses this file:
- File:Galilean moons from Voyager.jpg (file redirect)
File usage on other wikis
The following other wikis use this file:
- Usage on fr.wikipedia.org
- Usage on tg.wikipedia.org
- Usage on vi.wikipedia.org
Metadata
This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.
_error | 0 |
---|