Jupiter

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Jupiter
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Jupiter and Earth Compared
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Pioneer 10 and 11 were first to Jupiter, 1973
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Pioneer 10-11
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Voyager I-II
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Galileo
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Galileos Atmospheric Probe
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Io, Europa and Jupiter
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The Great Red Spot
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Jupiter is Hot Inside
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Jupiter Has a Very Thin Ring
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The Moons of JupiterCallisto
GanymedeEuropa Io
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CallistoThis is what everyone expected
Jupiters moons to look like.This was about the
last thing that looked like we expected it to.
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CallistoValhalla Basin
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GanymedeLargest Moon in the Solar System
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Europa
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Europa Has a Thin Icy Crust
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Unexpected Io
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An Eruption on Io
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Lokis Molten Sulfur Lake
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Amalthea
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The Impact of Comet Schumacher-Levy

• For the first time ever, in 1994 we witnessed the
  impact of a comet with a planet.

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Comet Schumacher-Levy
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Impact!A still-hot impact site rotates into
view (infrared view)
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Impact as Seen by Galileo
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