Jupiter's Moons / Galilean Satellites

                   

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Condition :   Good  
Principle :   Solar System Astronomy
Area of Study :  Solar System    
Equipment :   Video and web images from the Voyager and Galileo spacecraft missions. 
Procedure :   Pictures in order are:

Io.

Io - volcano and lava flow

Io - Voyager and Galileo images

Europa

Europa - Impact crater Pwyll

Europa - Grooves and Ridges

Europa - Ice rafts

Ganymede

Tethys

Ganymede - A view across the surface

Callisto

Callisto - Valhalla = multi-ringed impact basin

Callisto - Scarp

 

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   References

F. Roger Hickey, "Galileo Revisited", TPT, Vol. 30, # 2, Feb. 1992, p. 103.

Carl C. Fields, "Swimming in Europa's Ocean", TPT, Vol. 25, # 8, Nov. 1987, p. 508.

Jack K. Horner, "Some Ionian Volcanology", TPT, Vol. 19, # 6, p. 402, Sept. 1981. 

 

Torrence V. Johnson, "A Look at the Galilean Satellites After the Galileo Mission", Physics Today, April 2004, p. 77.

 

Laurence Viennot and Jean Luc Leroy-Bury,  "Doppler and Romer: What Do They Have In Common?", Physics Education, Vol. 39, (3), 2004, p. 273.

 

Jupiter's Moon = Isaac Asimov,  "The Moons Twin,"  Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine.



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