PIA03001: Jovian Ring System Mosaic
 Target Name:  J Rings
 Is a satellite of:  Jupiter
 Mission:  Galileo
 Spacecraft:  Galileo Orbiter
 Instrument:  Solid-State Imaging 
 Product Size:  4306 x 3306 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  University of Arizona
 Addition Date:  2000-09-25
 Primary Data Set:  Galileo EDRs
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA03001.tif (3.623 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA03001.jpg (338.8 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

NASA's Galileo spacecraft acquired this mosaic of Jupiter's ring system (top) when the spacecraft was in Jupiter's shadow looking back toward the Sun. Jupiter's ring system (inset diagram) is composed of three parts: an outermost gossamer ring, a flat main ring, and an innermost donut-shaped halo. These rings are made up of dust-sized particles that are blasted off of the nearby inner satellites by small impacts. This image was taken on November 9, 1996 at a distance of 2.3 million kilometers (1.4 million miles).

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

Image Addition Date:
2000-09-25