Ganymede

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Caption:

This view of Ganymede was taken on the afternoon of March 5 from a range of 267,000 kilometers (167,000 miles). A bright rayed impact crater is prominent on the left side of the frame. The ejecta material extends for a thousand kilometers (600 miles). The rays are on top and therefore are younger than the brighter ridged and grooved terrain crossing the picture. These features may be breaks in the surface caused by faulting. Many older craters are visible that have lost their rays.

Background Info:

JPL manages and controls the Voyager project for NASA's Office of Space Science.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name	Value	Additional Values
Target	Ganymede
System	Jupiter
Target Type	Satellite
Mission	Voyager
Instrument Host	Cassini Orbiter	Voyager 1
Host Type	Orbiter	Flyby Spacecraft
Instrument	Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS)
Detector
Extra Keywords	Crater, Grayscale, Impact
Acquisition Date
Release Date	2000-03-23
Date in Caption
Image Credit	NASA/JPL
Source	photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02252
Identifier	PIA02252