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Europa, taken from Voyager 1 to Jupiter
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Range : 5.9 million kilometers (3.66 million miles) Europa is Jupiter's 2nd Galilean satellites from the planet and the brightest. Photo taken early morning through violet filter. Faint swirls and linear patterns show in the equatorial region (which shows darker than the poles). This hemisphere always faces Jupiter. North is up. Density and size comparable to Earth's Moon and seems to show water ice or ground water on its surface. JPL Reference # P-21163.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineEuropa, taken from Voyager 1 to Jupiter. NASA/ARC, 1979-03-01. Public domain. ID: A79-7021.
