Jupiter Satellites & Ring System


Europa (bottom left) & Io (near red spot)



 

Io transits Jupiter, note its shadow on the cloud tops


Columns:  Galilean satellites, nearest (Io) to farthest (Callisto)
Rows:  Increasing magnification, full view (whole disk) to extreme close up (smallest features ~meters in size)


 

Inner structure of Galilean satellites (note near-surface ocean on Europa and nickel-iron cores for Io, Europa, Ganymede)

Io images:


 


 
 

Europa Images:


 
 

Ganymede Images:


 

Callisto Images:


 

Small Moons:



 

Small inner moons of Jupiter (irregular - prob. captured asteroids)



 

More small Jupiter Moons

 

Ring Images: