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PIA02873: High Resolution Globe of Jupiter

This true-color simulated view of Jupiter is composed of 4 images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on December 7, 2000.

Target Name:	Jupiter
Is a satellite of:	Sol (our sun)
Mission:	Cassini-Huygens
Spacecraft:	Cassini Orbiter
Instrument:	Imaging Science Subsystem
Product Size:	1920 x 1080 pixels (w x h)
Produced By:	CICLOPS / University of Arizona
Primary Data Set:	Cassini
Full-Res TIFF:	PIA02873.tif (2.379 MB)
Full-Res JPEG:	PIA02873.jpg (76.68 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

This true-color simulated view of Jupiter is composed of 4 images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on December 7, 2000. To illustrate what Jupiter would have looked like if the cameras had a field-of-view large enough to capture the entire planet, the cylindrical map was projected onto a globe. The resolution is about 144 kilometers (89 miles) per pixel. Jupiter's moon Europa is casting the shadow on the planet.

Cassini is a cooperative mission of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages Cassini for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C.

Image Credit:

NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

Image Addition Date:

2001-01-30