Ganymede Picture (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS) New Delhi : NASA s Juno spacecraft passed Jupiter s largest moon called Ganymede on June 7 and not missing the occasion it snapped the celestial body while it was half lit due to sunlight.
Juno snapped Ganymede from a distance of 1,038 kilometers, which is closest by any spacecraft till date.
In the released two pictures, Ganymede s crater can be seen and it appears just like earth s moon in different shade.
NASA explained that the current sunlit picture released have been captured using JunoCam 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 spacecraft flew closer to Jupiter’s largest moon than any other in more than two decades, offering dramatic glimpses of the icy orb.
The first two images from NASA Juno’s June 7, 2021, flyby of Jupiter’s giant moon Ganymede have been received on Earth. The photos – one from the Jupiter orbite
NASA's Juno deep-space probe has sent back the first close-up images of Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, to be captured in two decades. The stunning images were taken by the JunoCam and Stellar Reference Unit during Juno's flyby of the moon on June 7.
NASA s Juno spacecraft sailed closer to Jupiter s largest moon, Ganymede, than any other spacecraft in more than 2 decades, providing spectacular views of the icy moon.