Ganymede Global
View of Ganymede from the Galileo spacecraft during its first encounter with the satellite. North is to the top of the picture and the sun illuminates the surface from the right. The finest details that can be discerned in this picture are about 6.7 kilometers across. The Universal Time is 8:45:09 UT on June 26, 1996.
Credit: NASA/JPL
Image Number: PIA00706
Date: June 26, 1996
Ganymede Global
View of Ganymede from the Galileo spacecraft during its first encounter with the satellite. North is to the top of the picture and the sun illuminates the surface from the right. The finest details that can be discerned in this picture are about 6.7 kilometers across. The Universal Time is 8:45:09 UT on June 26, 1996.
Credit: NASA/JPL
Image Number: PIA00706
Date: June 26, 1996