Image Title: Galileo's November 1996 Trajectory Target Name: J Rings Is a satellite of: Jupiter Mission: Galileo Spacecraft: Galileo Orbiter Instrument: Solid State Imaging Produced By: Cornell University Creation Date: 1998-09-15 Primary Data Set: Galileo EDRs Full-Res JPEG: R02_occultation_full.jpg (178 kbytes)

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Spacecraft trajectory during Galileo's third orbit of Jupiter in November 1996. Most Galileo ring images were taken when the spacecraft passed through Jupiter's shadow and was quite distant from the planet, well outside of Callisto's orbit. In this configuration, micrometer sized particles, which are a major component of Jupiter's ring system, are highlighted as sunlight diffracts around them. Since the Sun is hidden behind the planet, its brightness does not damage Galileo's sensitive optics.

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA manages the Galileo mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, DC.

This image and other images and data received from Galileo are posted on the World Wide Web, on the Galileo mission home page at URL http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo. Background information and educational context for the images can be found at: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/sepo.

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This page is not a Planetary PhotoJournal release, but is an illustration provided by the Galileo imaging (SSI) team as further background for other releases of imaging data.

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