images

Io with Jupiter

by

Nasa/JPL/Novapix

Reference

a-jup06-00012

Date

2006-10-02

The Galilean satellite Io floats above the cloudtops of Jupiter in this image captured on January 1, 2001, two days after Cassini's closest approach. There are 350,000 kilometers -- roughly 2.5 Jupiters -- between Io and Jupiter's clouds.