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ARC-1979-AC79-7014
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2:30 pm Photographer : JPL Range : 2.6 million km. ( 1.6 million miles ) Ganymede is Jupiter's largest satellite ( or moon ) With a radius of about 2600 km., about 1.5 times that of our moon, Ganymede has a bulk density of about 2.0 g/cc, almost half that of our moon, and is probably composed of rock and ice. The large dark regions, in the northeast quadrant, and the white spots, resemble features found on the moon, mare and impact respectively.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineARC-1979-AC79-7014. NASA/ARC, 1979-03-04. Public domain. ID: ARC-1979-AC79-7014.
