PIA17902: Rotating Globe of Ganymede Geology
This is a frame from an animation of a rotating globe of Jupiter's moon Ganymede, with a geologic map superimposed over a global color mosaic, incorporating the best available imagery from NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft, and Galileo spacecraft.
 Target Name:  Ganymede
 Is a satellite of:  Jupiter
 Mission:  Galileo 
Voyager 
 Spacecraft:  Galileo Orbiter
Voyager 1
Voyager 2
 Product Size:  797 x 754 pixels (w x h) 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA17902.tif (1.804 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA17902.jpg (39.54 kB)  

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Animation of a rotating globe of Jupiter's moon Ganymede, with a geologic map superimposed over a global color mosaic. The 37-second animation begins as a global color mosaic image of the moon then quickly fades in the geologic map.

The views incorporate the best available imagery from NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft and NASA's Galileo spacecraft.

Image Credit:
USGS Astrogeology Science Center/Wheaton/ASU/NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2014-02-12