PIA00853: Europa 6th Orbit NIMS Data

Target Name: Europa Is a satellite of: Jupiter Mission: Galileo Spacecraft: Galileo Orbiter Instrument: Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer Product Size: 1000 samples x 800 lines Produced By: JPL Producer ID: P48562 MRPS79394 Addition Date: 1998-03-26 Primary Data Set: Galileo EDRs Full-Res TIFF: PIA00853.tif (103 kB) Full-Res JPEG: PIA00853.jpg (28.36 kB)

Original Caption Released with Image: This observation taken by the Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS) at 0.7 microns (left image) shows the interception of two lineas or fractures on the Northern hemisphere of Europa. A comparison Voyager visible-light image is shown at the right. The NIMS image at 4 km resolution shows dark hydrated material concentrated in the linea structures (dark lines in the Voyager and NIMS images). Note the dark spot at the lower left of the upper linea; its spectra matches the hydrated spectra of the lineas. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA manages the mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, DC. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA manages the mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, DC. This image and other images and data received from Galileo are posted on the World Wide Web, on the Galileo mission home page at URL http://galileo.jpl.nasa.gov. Image Credit: NASA/JPL