The following images of the icy surface of Ganymede, the Solar System's largest moon, were made by the Galileo spacecraft during its ongoing mission to explore Jupiter and the Jovian system. ... This image was taken when Galileo was 7,448 kilometers (4,628 miles) away from Ganymede; north is to the top of the picture, and sunlight illuminates the surface from the lower left nearly overhead (77 degrees above the horizon). ... The image was taken June 27 at a range of 7,448 kilometers (4,628 miles). ...

Jupiter's Europa Harbors Possible "Warm Ice" or Liquid Water . Tantalizing new images of Jupiter's moon Europa from NASA's Galileo spacecraft indicate that "warm ice" or even liquid water may have existed, and perhaps still exists today beneath Europa's cracked icy crust. ... This shows the ice crust has been or still is lubricated from below by warm ice or maybe even liquid water." ... We are interested in identifying the time and places on Europa where liquid water might exist. ...

... Degas Ray Crater on Mercury . ... Like the Earth's Moon, Mercury is scarred with craters testifying to an intense bombardment during the early history of the Solar System. In 1974, the Mariner 10 spacecraft surveyed this innermost planet up close, producing the only detailed images of its tortured surface. ... Manicouagan Impact Crater on Earth . ... The Manicouagan Crater in northern Canada is one of the oldest impact craters known. ... Composing the Omega Nebula . ...

... NASA SPACECRAFT FINDS NEW EVIDENCE FOR WATER ICE ON MERCURY . ... The new data indicate the water ice in Mercury's polar regions, if spread over an area the size of Washington, D.C., would be more than 2 miles thick," said David Lawrence, a MESSENGER participating scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., and lead author of one of three papers describing the findings. ... Water ice concentrations are derived from the hydrogen measurements. ...

... solar system . ... Moon Maps . ... Largest solar system moon detailed in geologic map . ... More than 400 years after its discovery by astronomer Galileo Galilei, the largest moon in the solar system Jupiter s moon Ganymede has finally claimed a spot on the map. ... The Ganymede global geologic map will enable researchers to compare the geologic characters of other icy satellite moons because almost any type of feature that is found on other icy satellites has a similar feature somewhere on Ganymede...

Планета Земля и Луна . ... Космическая защита . Луна . Фотографии . ... Строение Луны . ... Страница: Начало одиссеи , Экспедиции , Море Кризисов , "Аполлон-8" , "Аполлон-9" , "Аполлон-10" , "Аполлон - 11" , E-8 "Луноход" , Испытания Л-1 , Луноход - 1,2 , КА "Луна 1-24" , КА "Луна-9" , Луна от КА СССР ; . Луна - наш космический спутник . ... Снимки Луны от аппаратов серии Луна и Зонд (СССР) . Фотографии космических аппаратов серии "Луна" (также Луноходы) и "Зонд" - СССР . ... Зонд 3 . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... This image combines orbital imagery with 3-D modelling to show flows that appear in spring and summer on a slope inside Mars' Newton crater. ... Warm season flows on a slope in Newton Crater, possible evidence of salty liquid water active on Mars today. Image credit: NASA) . ... Frozen water is common on and under the surface of Mars but these images are the best evidence to date for the presence of liquid water on the Martian surface today. ...

... Krupp et al., etc ELW-2009 Space Research Institute Jupiter specifics weak solar wind: strong magnetic field fast rotation: Io outflow: internal effects dominate powerful energizing environment strong outflow of cold heavy ions Space Research Institute ELW-2009 rotating magnetosphere electric potential of rotation at Jupiter is 400 MV, solar wind only 1 MV at Earth both are ~ 100 kV Europa location ...

NASA's Galileo spacecraft radioed confirmation late this week that it has entered Jupiter's environment, crossing over the boundary from interplanetary space into the giant magnetic cocoon around Jupiter called the magnetosphere. ... On Thursday, December 7, Galileo's previously deployed atmospheric probe will plunge into Jupiter's cloud tops at 5:56 p.m. EST and descend into the giant planet on a parachute. ... Jupiter's magnetosphere is like a giant bubble around the planet. ...

... In summer 1994, the biggest news in astronomy was the collision of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter. During this school year, Jupiter will charge back into the limelight with the arrival of the Galileo spacecraft (see figure 8 ). On Dec. 7, following a tortuous six-year ramble through the solar system, Galileo will begin its two-year mission studying Jupiter and its gaggle of moons. ... Besides the camera, Galileo will carry instruments capable of identifying minerals on Jupiter's moons. ...

... Since planets are expected to form out of the material in disks around young stars, the formation of a planet will thoroughly alter the structure of the circumstellar disk of their host star, forming significant gaps in the radial distribution of matter around the star. Additionally, processing of solids (annealing/crystallization) and changes in the overall gas/dust ratio are thought to happen during the planet formation process and are believed to alter the observational signature of the disk. ...