
Sujet
The planet Jupiter, 1979. Artist: Unknown
Légende
The planet Jupiter, 1979. Taken from Voyager 1 at 20 million kilometres this pictures shows the Great Red Spot, a storm that has been raging for hundreds of years, and two of Jupiter's moons - Io over the Red Spot and Europa. Two Voyager spacecraft were launched in 1977 to explore the planets in the outer solar system. Voyager 1 flew past Jupiter at 278,000 kilometres in March 1979 before flying on to Saturn.
Oxford Science Archive
Date
1979
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/NASA
Notre référence
HRM19B63_264
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,0Mo (6,7Mo) / 41,1cm x 30,5cm / 4854 x 3599 (300dpi)