30th Anniversary of the Voyager 1 Flyby of Jupiter |
30th Anniversary of the Voyager 1 Flyby of Jupiter |
Mar 5 2009, 08:20 PM
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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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Mar 9 2009, 12:00 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3242 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
Thanks, astro0!
I've gone ahead and posted a version of that mosaic with the Masubi and Pele plumes added in there (required a bit of special processing in addition to the reprojecting of all the images in that mosaic, as well as my thoughts on this, the 30th anniversary of the discovery of volcanism on Io, on the blog: http://gishbar.blogspot.com/2009/03/30th-a...scovery-of.html -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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