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Ganymede Coverage by the JIRAM Instrument Aboard Juno
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Ganymede Coverage by the JIRAM Instrument Aboard Juno

NASA / JPL · 2021-08-05 · photograph (digital archive)

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This annotated map of depicts the areas on the surface of Jupiter's moon Ganymede that were imaged by the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft during two close approaches of the moon. The region shaded in blue depicts the area JIRAM covered as Juno flew past at a distance of 62,000 miles (100,000 kilometers) on Dec. 26, 2019. The infrared camera took 40 images during the encounter.

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Credit lineGanymede Coverage by the JIRAM Instrument Aboard Juno. NASA/JPL, 2021-08-05. Public domain. ID: PIA24792.

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