Ganymede Mosaic

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Caption:

The hemisphere of Ganymede that faces away from the Sun displays a great variety of terrain. In this Voyager 2 mosaic, photographed at a range of 300,000 kilometers, the ancient dark area of Regio Galileo lies at the upper left. Below it, the ray system is probably caused by water-ice, splashed out in a relatively recent impact.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name	Value	Additional Values
Target	Ganymede
System	Jupiter
Target Type	Satellite
Mission	Voyager
Instrument Host	Cassini Orbiter	Voyager 2
Host Type	Orbiter	Flyby Spacecraft
Instrument	Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS)
Detector
Extra Keywords	Color, Impact, Water
Acquisition Date
Release Date	1996-01-29
Date in Caption
Image Credit	NASA/JPL
Source	photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00081
Identifier	PIA00081