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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