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Crescent of Jupiter with Io

author: Nasa/JPL/Novapix

reference: a-jup06-00003

Image Size 300 DPI: 11 * 13 cm

The image is a color mosaic taken on January 15, 2001 when the Cassini spacecraft was at 18.3 million km from the planet. A crescent Io appears over the limb of Jupiter.

Keywords for this photo:

2001 - ASTRONOMY - CASSINI - CRESCENT - GALILEAN SATELLITE - IO - JOVIAN MOON - JUPITER - PLANET - SATELLITE -