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This flyby provided images of the moon's polar regions. [119] [120] In June 2021, Juno performed a second flyby, at a closer distance of 1,038 kilometers (645 mi). [110] [121] This encounter was designed to provide a gravity assist to reduce Juno's orbital period from 53 days to 43 days. Additional images of the surface were collected. [110]
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Europa is similar in size to Earth’s Moon, while Ganymede is the largest moon in the whole Solar System. ... which appear blue in the images – include Ganymede’s polar caps and craters ...
The largest, Ganymede, is the largest moon in the Solar System and surpasses the planet Mercury in size (though not mass). Callisto is only slightly smaller than Mercury in size; the smaller ones, Io and Europa, are about the size of the Moon. The three inner moons — Io, Europa, and Ganymede — are in a 4:2:1 orbital resonance with
Surface features of Ganymede (moon) (1 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Ganymede (moon)" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
The solar system's largest moon, Ganymede, which orbits the largest planet, Jupiter, was hit by an asteroid four billion years ago that shifted the gas giant's satellite on its axis, new research ...
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