Galileo Flyby of Io - January 17, 2002

Animation showing a simulation of Galileo's seventh flyby of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io on January 17, 2002. The spacecraft approaches Io from the satellite's nightside, anti-Jovian hemisphere, makes its closest approach over the dusk terminator, passing over the active volcanoes Pele, Maasaw, and Mbali, then departs Io over its sunlit leading hemisphere.

Simulation created in Celestia

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Space
• Animation
• Io
• Galileo
• Jupiter