The Jupiter System Through the Eyes of Voyager 1

The cameras aboard Voyager 1 have provided a closeup view of the Jupiter system, revealing heretofore unknown characteristics and phenomena associated with the planet's atmosphere and the surfaces of its five major satellites. On Jupiter itself, atmospheric motions-the interaction of cloud syst...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1979-06, Vol.204 (4396), p.951-972
Main Authors: Smith, Bradford A., Soderblom, Laurence A., Johnson, Torrence V., Ingersoll, Andrew P., Collins, Stewart A., Shoemaker, Eugene M., Hunt, G. E., Masursky, Harold, Carr, Michael H., Davies, Merton E., Cook, Allan F., Boyce, Joseph, Danielson, G. Edward, Owen, Tobias, Sagan, Carl, Beebe, Reta F., Veverka, Joseph, Strom, Robert G., McCauley, John F., Morrison, David, Briggs, Geoffrey A., Suomi, Verner E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Albedo
Artificial satellites
Callisto (Satellite)
Earths Moon
Galilean satellites
Ganymede (Satellite)
Image resolution
Impact craters
Io (Satellite)
Jovian satellites
Jupiter
Jupiter (Planet)
Observations
Plumes
Rotation
Space probes
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Summary:The cameras aboard Voyager 1 have provided a closeup view of the Jupiter system, revealing heretofore unknown characteristics and phenomena associated with the planet's atmosphere and the surfaces of its five major satellites. On Jupiter itself, atmospheric motions-the interaction of cloud systems-display complex vorticity. On its dark side, lightning and auroras are observed. A ring was discovered surrounding Jupiter. The satellite surfaces display dramatic differences including extensive active volcanism on Io, complex tectonism on Ganymede and possibly Europa, and flattened remnants of enormous impact features on Callisto.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.204.4396.951