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Collection: 
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
Name of Image: 
Jupiter, its great Red Spot three of its four largest satellites
Full Description: 
On February 5, 1979, Voyager 1 made its closest approach to Jupiter since early 1974 and 1975 when Pioneers 10 and 11 made their voyages to Jupiter and beyond. Voyager 1 completed its Jupiter encounter in early April, after taking almost 19,000 pictures and recording many other scientific measurements. Although astronomers had studied Jupiter from Earth for several centuries, scientists were surprised by many of Voyager 1 and 2's findings. They now understand that important physical, geological, and atmospheric processes go on that they had never observed from Earth. Discovery of active volcanism on the satellite Io was probably the greatest surprise. It was the first time active volcanoes had been seen on another body in the solar system. Voyager also discovered a ring around Jupiter. Thus Jupiter joins Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune as a ringed planet -- although each ring system is unique and distinct from the others.
Date of Image: 
1979-02-05
Category: 
Space Science
term: 
Around Marshall
term: 
Marshall Supported Projects
term: 
Voyager I
facet_what: 
Earth
facet_what: 
Jupiter
facet_what: 
Saturn
facet_what: 
Neptune
facet_what: 
Uranus
facet_what: 
Io
facet_what: 
Voyager
facet_what: 
Voyager 1
facet_where: 
Jupiter
facet_where: 
Saturn
facet_where: 
Uranus
facet_where: 
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_when: 
February 5, 1979
facet_when_year: 
1979
Reference Number: 
MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
MIX #: 
7994970
NIX #: 
MSFC-7994970
MSFC Negative Number: 
7994970
UID: 
SPD-MARSH-7994970
original url: 
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=340
Image ID: 
164228
Resolution Size: 
4
Format: 
JPEG
Media Type: 
Image
File Name: 
7994970.jpg
Width: 
1000
Height: 
942