PIA18173: Ulysses at Jupiter


Ulysses at Jupiter

Caption:

An artist's impression of the Ulysses spacecraft at Jupiter. Ulysses used Jupiter's powerful gravity to hurl it out of the Plane of the Ecliptic (where most planets and satellites orbit) so it could study the polar regions of the Sun.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Jupiter
System Jupiter
Target Type Planet
Mission Ulysses
Instrument Host
Host Type
Instrument
Detector
Extra Keywords Artwork, Color
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2004-02-05
Date in Caption
Image Credit ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA18173
Identifier PIA18173