Voyager 1 Image of Ganymede

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PHOTO CAPTION
Voyager 2-21
P-22749 C
July 8, 1979

Voyager 2 obtained this photograph of Ganymede, the largest satellite of Jupiter, on July 2, 1979 from a distance of 6 million kilometers (4 million miles). The side of the satellite shown is approxiately the same as that photographed at close range by Voyager 1 in March. This picture illustrates well the light, bluish regions near the north and sourh poles. It is known that these polar caps are composed of a light covering of water ice or frost. Voyager 2 will pass within 63,000 kilometers (39,000 miles) of Ganymede at about midnight July 8 on its way toward the giant planet.

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