... JUPITER'S BIGGEST MOON Now residing in orbit around Jupiter, NASA's Galileo ... about Jupiter at Io's distance, will be another target of study, as will Jupiter's ... Jupiter itself are planned throughout the tour, and nearly continuous studies of ...
... 2003 March 19 . Jupiter's Great Dark Spot . Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , Cassini Project , NASA . ... Explanation: Seventeenth century astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini was an astute observer of Jupiter's Great Red Spot. ...
... October 3, 1996 . Three Views of Jupiter's Io . Credit: The Galileo Project , JPL , NASA . ... Explanation : The Galileo spacecraft orbiting Jupiter continues to return impressive results. ...
... 2002 March 1 . Jupiter's Great X-Ray Spot . Credit: X-ray Image: R.Gladstone ( SwRI ), et al., ... Explanation: The Solar System's largest planet, gas giant Jupiter , is famous for its swirling Great Red Spot . ...
... December 20, 1999 . Lava Fountain on Jupiter's Io . Credit: Galileo Project , SSI , University of Arizona , JPL , NASA . ... Explanation: A lava fountain shooting over a kilometer high has been discovered on Jupiter 's moon Io . ...
... February 18, 1997 . A Big Cliff on Jupiter's Callisto . Credit: The Galileo Project , JPL , NASA . ... fact, an explorer crossing the surface of this large moon of Jupiter would need climbing equipment to pass this large, recently ...
... 2008 January 8 . A Jupiter-Io Montage from New Horizons . Credit: NASA , Johns Hopkins U. APL , SWRI . ... In February of last year, New Horizons passed Jupiter and the ever-active Jovian moon Io . ...
... November 3, 1995 . Jupiter's Moon Amalthea . Credit: NASA , Voyager 1, Copyright Calvin J. Hamilton . ... Explanation: Amalthea is Jupiter 's fifth largest moon, much smaller than the four Galilean satellites Io , Europa , Ganymede ...
... 2000 June 7 . Up Close to Jupiter's Moon Io . Credit: Galileo Project , JPL , NASA . ... The surface of Jupiter 's moon Io is home to violent volcanoes that are so active they turn the entire moon inside out. ...
... 2000 March 7 . Zal Patera on Jupiter's Moon Io . Credit: Galileo Project , SSI , University of Arizona , JPL , NASA . ... Explanation: The Galileo orbiter 's flyby of Io last November captured an unusual part of Jupiter 's volcanic moon. ...