Three Views of Europa
Caption:
On the left is a view of Jupiter's moon Europa taken on March 2, 1979, by NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft. In the middle is a color image of Europa taken by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft during its close encounter on July 9, 1979. On the right is a view of Europa made from images taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in the late 1990s.
Cataloging Keywords:
| Name |
Value |
Additional Values |
| Target |
Europa |
|
| System |
Jupiter |
|
| Target Type |
Satellite |
|
| Mission |
Galileo |
Voyager |
| Instrument Host |
Galileo Orbiter |
Voyager 1, Voyager 2 |
| Host Type |
Orbiter |
Flyby Spacecraft |
| Instrument |
|
|
| Detector |
|
|
| Extra Keywords |
Color |
| Acquisition Date |
|
| Release Date |
2021-11-30 |
| Date in Caption |
1979-03-02 |
1979-07-09 |
| Image Credit |
NASA/JPL-Caltech |
| Source |
photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24895 |
| Identifier |
PIA24895 |