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ARC-1979-AC79-7026
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Range : 5 million miles (8.025 million kilometers) This is a morning shot of Ganymede, largest of Jupiter's 13 satellites. It's slightly larger than Mercury with a density about twice that of water. It's believed to be made of rock and ice with a surface of water and ice. Ganymede is 4 times brighter than our Moon with the bright spot in center of photo 5 times brighter than the Moon, and may contain more ice than surrounding areas.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineARC-1979-AC79-7026. NASA/ARC, 1979-02-26. Public domain. ID: ARC-1979-AC79-7026.
