A computer simulation gives an idea of how Europa's magnetic field interacted with an erupting plume. Magnetic field lines (blue) show how the plume interacts with the ambient flow of Jovian plasma. Red colors on the lines show more dense areas of plasma.Comparison of Europa observed with Gemini Planet Imager in K1 band on the right and visible albedo visualization based on a composite map made from Galileo SSI and Voyager 1 and 2 data (from USGS) on the left.Artist's concept of Galileo passing near Jupiter's small inner moon Amalthea.A NASA spacecraft sees a volcanic explosion on Jupiter’s third-largest moon.
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Artist’s illustration of Jupiter and Europa (in the foreground) with the Galileo spacecraft after its pass through a plume erupting from Europa’s surface. A new computer simulation gives us an idea of how the magnetic field interacted with a plume. The magnetic field lines (depicted in blue) show how the plume interacts with the ambient flow of Jovian plasma. The red colors on the lines show more dense areas of plasma.NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Michigan
Comparison of Europa observed with Gemini Planet Imager in K1 band on the right and visible albedo visualization based on a composite map made from Galileo SSI and Voyager 1 and 2 data (from USGS) on the left. While GPI is not designed for ‘extended’ objects like this, its observations could help in following surface alterations on icy satellites of Jupiter or atmospheric phenomena (e.g. clouds, haze) on Saturn’s moon Titan. The GPI near-infrared color image is a combination of 3 wavelength channels.Processing by Marshall Perrin, Space Telescope Science Institute and Franck Marchis SETI Institute
Artist's concept of Galileo passing near Jupiter's small inner moon Amalthea.Michael Carroll
A NASA spacecraft sees a volcanic explosion on Jupiter’s third-largest moon.NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
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