Faint Ring Around Planet Jupiter
by NASA / Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Faint Ring Around Planet Jupiter
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NASA / Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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This photograph shows the first evidence of an extremely thin, faint ring around the planet Jupiter. The photo was taken by Voyager 1 on March 4th, 1979, when the edge of the ring was still 1,212,00 km away. The broad, light band crossing the center of the photo is a multiple exposure of the ring. The wavy lines are background star trails. They are wavy because of the slow (78 second) oscillation of the spacecraft. The black dots are calibration points in the camera. The ring is estimated to be less than 30 km thick and is too faint to be seen from Earth.
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June 1st, 2013
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