PIA24895: Three Views of Europa


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