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PIA18176: Galileo Over Io (Artist's Concept)
Artist's rendering of NASA's Galileo spacecraft flying past Jupiter's moon Io. Galileo made multiple close approaches to the volcanically active moon during its time at Jupiter.
 Target Name:  Io
 Mission:  Galileo 
 Spacecraft:  Galileo Orbiter
 Product Size:  3014 x 2422 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  NASA 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA18176.tif (21.91 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA18176.jpg (597.6 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

Artist's rendering of NASA's Galileo spacecraft flying past Jupiter's moon Io. Galileo made multiple close approaches to the volcanically active moon during its time at Jupiter, including a first pass in Dec. 1995, during its arrival in the Jupiter system.

Image Credit:
NASA

Image Addition Date:
1996-01-02