| NASA Center: |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
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| Image # : |
PIA00130 |
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| Date : |
12/14/1992
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Title
Galileo Images the Moon
Full Description
This view of the Moon's north pole is a mosaic assembled from 18 images
taken by Galileo's imaging system through a green filter as the
spacecraft flew by on December 7, 1992.
The left part of the Moon is visible from Earth; this region includes
the dark, lava-filled Mare Imbrium (upper left); Mare Serenitatis
(middle left); Mare Tranquillitatis (lower left), and Mare Crisium, the
dark circular feature toward the bottom of the mosaic. Also visible in
this view are the dark lava plains of the Marginis and Smythii Basins
at the lower right. The Humboldtianum Basin, a 650-kilometer (400-mile)
impact structure partly filled with dark volcanic deposits, is seen
at the center of the image.
The Moon's north pole is located just inside the shadow zone, about a
third of the way from the top left of the illuminated region.
Keywords
Earth Moon Galileo Mare Tranquilitatis Imbrium Serenitatis Crisium Marginis Smythii Humbold Basin North Pole Lava Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL
Subject Category
Voyager-Galileo, Earths Moon,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
JPL
- Center Number:
PIA00130
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-000473
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
| Resolution | Format | Width
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(Pixels) | Size
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Thumbnail |
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95 |
95 |
8 |
Small |
.jpg |
703 |
813 |
171 |
Medium |
.jpg |
1648 |
1905 |
807 |
Large |
.jpg |
3296 |
3809 |
2,859 |
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