Jupiter And Its Moon Io
by Jhuapl/swri/nasa/science Photo Library
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Jupiter And Its Moon Io
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Jhuapl/swri/nasa/science Photo Library
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Jupiter and its moon Io, as observed by the New Horizons spacecraft on 8 January 2007. Io, one of the four largest Jovian moons, is the white dot below centre right. The Great Red Spot is seen on the planet at left of Io. This image was obtained with the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) from a distance of 81 million kilometres. New Horizons is flying past Jupiter in early 2007 as part of a gravity assist manoeuvre to increase its speed and change its trajectory to reach Pluto in 2015. While passing Jupiter, scientists will test its instruments and use them to study Jupiter's weather patterns. Initial observations indicate that the weather is calmer than on previous missions.
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