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This is how Ganymede's shadow looks like on the gigantic Jupiter

The exploratory space probe Juno has captured an impressive image recently. The probe has managed to take a photo of the shadow on the giant planet of Jupiter that is cast by its moon Ganymede.

Published 25.04.2022 13:00
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This is how Ganymede's shadow looks like on the gigantic Jupiter
NASA reported that a model of the image was also provided for it to be seen cleaner and closer to reality. "Citizen scientist Thomas Thomopoulos created this enhanced-color image using raw data from the JunoCam instrument (Figure A). At the time the raw image was taken, the Juno spacecraft was about 44,000 miles (71,000 kilometers) above Jupiter's cloud tops, at a latitude of about 55 degrees south, and 15 times closer than Ganymede, which orbits about 666,000 miles (1.1 million kilometers) away from Jupiter," NASA said.
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