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Jupiter and Ganymede as seen by Voyager 1. 02/1979

by

Nasa/JPL/Novapix

Reference

a-jup04-00006

Date

2011-02-03

Jupiter and its satellite Ganymede (bottom left) are visible in this photo taken on February 24 1979 by Voyager 1. The space probe was 40 million kilometers from the planet at the time.