PIA00898: Moderate-resolution view of Callisto's surface
 Target Name:  Callisto
 Is a satellite of:  Jupiter
 Mission:  Galileo
 Spacecraft:  Galileo Orbiter
 Instrument:  Solid-State Imaging 
 Product Size:  2170 x 1788 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  Arizona State University
 Producer ID:  MRPS83829
 Addition Date:  1998-03-26
 Primary Data Set:  Galileo EDRs
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA00898.tif (866.9 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA00898.jpg (218.5 kB)

Click on the image above to download a moderately sized image in JPEG format (possibly reduced in size from original)

Original Caption Released with Image:

This five-frame mosaic of the Jovian satellite Callisto shows a surface densely populated with impact craters. However, close inspection of this image reveals differences among the craters. For example, a few of the craters contain central dome-shaped features, while others contain depressions, or pits, within the crater floor. Scientists study differences among craters such as these to learn more about both the surface that was struck by an impactor, and the impactor itself.

These images were obtained by the Galileo spacecraft on its eighth orbit around Jupiter at a distance of 48,000 km from Callisto. The mosaic is centered at 31 S. latitude and 122 W. longitude, and covers an area approximately 700 kilometers (420 miles) by 900 kilometers (540 miles)-- somewhat larger than Montana. The finest details that can be discerned in this picture are about 1.8 kilometers across (0.93 km/pixel).

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA manages the mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, DC.

This image and other images and data received from Galileo are posted on the World Wide Web, on the Galileo mission home page at URL http://galileo.jpl.nasa.gov. Background information and educational context for the images can be found at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/sepo.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/ASU

Image Addition Date:
1998-03-26