30th Anniversary of the Voyager 1 Flyby of Jupiter |
30th Anniversary of the Voyager 1 Flyby of Jupiter |
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Today marks the 30th anniversary of Voyager 1's flyby of Jupiter. On March 5, 1979, Voyager 1 flew through the Jupiter system providing a wealth of information of Jupiter, its magnetic field, and moons. Thanks to Voyager 1, the Galilean satellites became worlds with real geology and amazing vistas. Voyager 1 also revealed Jupiter's ring system and Io's volcanism for the first time.
I've written up a longer post about the encounter with Io on my blog, which also has an animation of the flyby: http://gishbar.blogspot.com/2009/03/30th-a...1-flyby-of.html -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
The Gish Bar Times - A Blog all about Jupiter's Moon Io |
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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Moderator Posts: 3233 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 ![]() |
There was an earlier thread on this subject a couple years back with a few great link about the discovery of active volcanism on Io:
http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...c=3855&st=0 http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/sp...ries_kelly.html http://eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2...80/1f/8f/7c.pdf -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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