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Jupiter and Io


Depicts: Jupiter, Io
Copyright: John Spencer, Lowell Observatory; NASA

This picture is a composite of a black and white near infrared image of Jupiter and its satellite Io and a color image of Io at shorter wavelengths taken at almost the same time on March 5, 1994. These are the first images of a giant planet or its satellites taken by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) since the repair mission in December 1993.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
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