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Jupiter from Io - Illustration

author: Walter B. Myers/Novapix

reference: a-jup99-00941

Image Size 300 DPI: 34 * 25 cm

Io is Jupiter's innermost large satellite and is about the same size and density as Earth's moon. At 260,000 miles from Jupiter, Io is about the same distance as the Moon is from the Earth.

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ASTRONOMY - GALILEAN SATELLITE - ILLUSTRATION - IO - JOVIAN MOON - JUPITER - PLANET - SATELLITE - SOIL -