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Io with Jupiter

author: Nasa/JPL/Novapix

reference: a-jup06-00012

Image Size 300 DPI: 11 * 10 cm

The Galilean satellite Io floats above the cloudtops of Jupiter in this image captured on January 1, 2001, two days after Cassini's closest approach. There are 350,000 kilometers -- roughly 2.5 Jupiters -- between Io and Jupiter's clouds.

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2001 - ASTRONOMY - CASSINI - GALILEAN SATELLITE - IO - JOVIAN MOON - JUPITER - PLANET - SATELLITE -