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PIA00357: Bright Halo Impact Crater on Ganymede
Bright Halo Impact Crater on Ganymede
Target Name: Ganymede
Is a satellite of: Jupiter
Mission: Voyager
Spacecraft: Voyager 2
Instrument: Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle
Product Size: 816 samples x 870 lines
Produced By: JPL
Producer ID: P21762
Addition Date: 1999-02-06
Primary Data Set: Voyager EDRs
Full-Res TIFF: PIA00357.tif (2.004 MB)
Full-Res JPEG: PIA00357.jpg (92.06 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:
his color picture of Ganymede in the region 30 S 180 W shows features as small as 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) across. Shown is a bright halo impact crater that shows the fresh material thrown out of the crater. In the background is bright grooved terrain that may be the result of shearing of the surface materials along fault planes. The dark background material is the ancient heavily cratered terrain -- the oldest material preserved on the Ganymede surface.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

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