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The Galilean satellites and Jupiter - Voyager 2 imaging science resultsContinuous global observations of Jupiter were made by Voyager 2 for a period of 63 days. Voyager 2 provided images that both complement and supplement the Voyager 1 images. The combined Voyager 1 and 2 observations of Jupiter provide an almost continuous record, over a 6-month period, of the behavior of the Jovian atmosphere at a resolution far better than can be obtained from earth-based studies. The present report briefly describes the changes in the cloud morphologies and local atmospheric motions. On Io, changes are observed in eruptive activity, plume structure, and surface albedo patterns. Europa's surface retains little or no record of intense meteorite bombardment, but reveals a system of overlapping bright and dark linear features. Ganymede exhibits at least one unit of heavily cratered terrain on a surface that otherwise suggests widespread tectonism. Except for two large ringed basins, Callisto's entire surface is heavily cratered.
Document ID
19800028670
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Smith, B. A.
(Arizona, University Tucson, Ariz., United States)
Soderblom, L. A.
(U.S. Geological Survey Flagstaff, Ariz., United States)
Beebe, R.
(New Mexico State University Las Cruces, N. Mex., United States)
Boyce, J.
(Arizona Univ. Tucson, AZ, United States)
Briggs, G.
(NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Carr, M.
(U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park, Calif., United States)
Collins, S. A.
(Arizona Univ. Tucson, AZ, United States)
Johnson, T. V.
(California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena Calif., United States)
Cook, A. F., II
(Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Cambridge, Mass., United States)
Danielson, G. E.
(California Institute of Technology Pasadena, Calif., United States)
Morrison, D.
(Hawaii, University Honolulu, United States)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
November 23, 1979
Publication Information
Publication: Science
Volume: 206
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
80A12840
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS7-100
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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