Galileo's First Images of Jupiter and the Galilean Satellites

J S Belton, M; W Head, J; P Ingersoll, A; Greeley, R; S McEwen, A; P Klaasen, K; Senske, D; Pappalardo, R; Collins, G; R Vasavada, A; Sullivan, R; Simonelli, D; Geissler, P; H Carr, M; E Davies, M; Veverka, J; J Gierasch, P; Banfield, D; Bell, M; R Chapman, C; Anger, C; Greenberg, R; Neukum, G; B Pilcher, C; F Beebe, R; A Burns, J; Fanale, F; Ip, W; V Johnson, T; Morrison, D; Moore, J; S Orton, G; Thomas, P; A West, R

doi:10.1126/science.274.5286.377

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Galileo's First Images of Jupiter and the Galilean Satellites

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Authors:

M J S Belton

J W Head

A P Ingersoll

Abstract

The first images of Jupiter, Io, Europa, and Ganymede from the Galileo spacecraft reveal new information about Jupiter's Great Red Spot (GRS) and the surfaces of the Galilean satellites. Features similar to clusters of thunderstorms were found in the GRS. Nearby wave structures suggest that the GRS ...

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