File:JupiterandIo.jpg
Summary
This image, shows <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter" class="extiw" title="en:Jupiter">Jupiter</a>'s volcanic moon <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Io_(moon)" class="extiw" title="en:Io (moon)">Io</a> passing above the turbulent clouds of the giant planet, on July 24, 1996. The conspicuous black spot on Jupiter is Io's shadow.
The smallest details visible on Io and Jupiter are about 100 miles across (about 160 kilometres). Bright patches visible on Io are regions of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sulfur_dioxide" class="extiw" title="en:sulfur dioxide">sulfur dioxide</a> frost. Io is roughly the size of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s_moon" class="extiw" title="en:Earth's moon">Earth's moon</a>, but 2000 times farther away.
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current | 23:35, 16 January 2017 | 720 × 600 (75 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p>This image, shows <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter" class="extiw" title="en:Jupiter">Jupiter</a>'s volcanic moon <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Io_(moon)" class="extiw" title="en:Io (moon)">Io</a> passing above the turbulent clouds of the giant planet, on July 24, 1996. The conspicuous black spot on Jupiter is Io's shadow. </p> <p>The smallest details visible on Io and Jupiter are about 100 miles across (about 160 kilometres). Bright patches visible on Io are regions of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sulfur_dioxide" class="extiw" title="en:sulfur dioxide">sulfur dioxide</a> frost. Io is roughly the size of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s_moon" class="extiw" title="en:Earth's moon">Earth's moon</a>, but 2000 times farther away. </p> |
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