Here's What NASA's Probe Saw When It Flew Past Jupiter's Moon Ganymede

Here's What NASA's Probe Saw When It Flew Past Jupiter's Moon Ganymede
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Isaac Schultz
© Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI
One of the first images of Ganymede taken by NASA’s Juno spacecraft during a June 7, 2021, flyby.
NASA’s Jupiter-orbiting Juno spacecraft was able to capture new images of the moon Ganymede during a close flyby on Monday. The natural satellite, the biggest moon in the solar system, has an icy surface that covers an interior of rock and iron.
Juno had a little less than half an hour to observe Ganymede at close range; that was enough time for five images, if all went well. The above image—taken using the JunoCam visible-light imager—covers about 0.6 miles of the moon per pixel. Swathes of icy plains, pockmarks of massive craters, and long streaks (possibly of tectonic origins, according to NASA) are visible in this thrilling view.

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