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Jupiter and three satellites seen from Mars orbit

by

Nasa/JPL/MSSS/Novapix

Reference

a-jup07-000001

Date

2006-10-02

This Mars Global Surveyor image, obtained from Mars orbit on 8 May 2003, shows Jupiter and three of the four Galilean satellites: Callisto, Ganymede, and Europa. At the time, Io was behind Jupiter as seen from Mars, and Jupiter's giant red spot had rotated out of view. This image has been specially processed to show both Jupiter and its satellites, since Jupiter, at an apparent magnitude of -1.8, was much brighter than the three satellites.