Planetary Collection (page 16)

Impact sites, Comet Shoemaker-Levy / Jupiter collisi
Comet Shoemaker-Levy/Jupiter collision. Colour image made by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) showing numerous impact sites following the arrival of fragments of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 at Jupiter in

Two Voyager 2 images of the planet Uranus
Voyager 2 images of Uranus taken on 17 January 1986, when the spacecraft was 9.1 million kilomet- res (5.7 million miles) from the planet

Computer art of Europa cut away to show interior
Interior of Europa. Computer artwork of the interior of Europa, a moon of the planet Jupiter. This moon has a small metal core (silver) surrounded by a large layer of rock (beige)

Stellar formation
Star formation. Image 1 of 2. Artwork of a cloud of gas and dust coalescing during the formation of a star. Stars form when gas clouds contract under their own gravity

Phobos, spacecraft image. Phobos, the larger of the two moons orbiting the planet Mars, is an irregularly shaped, heavily cratered, airless chunk of rock. It measures 19 by 21 by 27 kilometres

Saturn seen from its moon Titan
Saturn. Artwork of the planet Saturn, seen from the atmosphere of Titan, one of its moons. The planets famous rings consist of orbiting dust and ice particles

Ice volcanoes on Charon, artwork
Ice volcanoes erupting on Charon, artwork. Charon is the largest moon of the dwarf planet Pluto (in the sky in the background)

Computer art of Ganymede cut away to show interior
Interior of Ganymede. Computer artwork of the interior of Ganymede, a moon of the planet Jupiter. This moon, the largest in the Solar System

Pluto as seen from its moon Charon, artwork. Pluto is the smallest of the nine planets in the solar system, with a diameter of 2300 kilometres. Charons diameter is about half that

Part of Saturns ring system
Computer-processed picture of part of Saturns ring system, showing the Encke Division, a narrow gap 320 kilometres wide located in the outer part of Saturns A ring

Ice volcanoes on Triton, artwork. Triton is the largest moon of Neptune (upper right). Tritons surface is one of the coldest in the solar system, with temperatures of minus 235 degrees Celsius

Artwork of Phobos spacecraft nearing Phobos
Artists impression of the Soviet Phobos spacecraft making its final approach to Phobos (lower right), the larger of the two small Martian moons

The planet Saturn
Saturn. Artists impression of the planet Saturn, showing its ring system and two moons. Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system

Eris. Computer artwork of the dwarf planet Eris, formerly known as 2003 UB313 or Xena. Eris is the largest dwarf planet. A dwarf planet is defined as an object large enough to be spherical due to its

Jupiter from Io, artwork. Io, the third largest of the moons of Jupiter, is also one of the closest (422, 000 kilometres)

Comet Shoemaker-Levy striking Jupiter
Comet Shoemaker-Levy impact on Jupiter, July 1994. Artists impression of a vast explosion in the atmosphere of Jupiter caused by the disintegration of a fragment of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9

Neptunes changing seasons
Neptunes seasons. Image 3 of 3. Hubble Space Telescope image of cloud bands on Neptune in 2002. Large white and green cloud bands are seen in the south, which could be due to the arrival of spring

Earth and Jupiters Great Red Spot
Earth compared to Jupiter. Computer artwork of the Earth (lower left) shown next to Jupiters Great Red Spot (upper right). Around three Earths would fit across this Jovian cyclical storm system

Phobos and Mars
Phobos orbiting Mars, artwork. Phobos is the larger of the two Martian moons. It is irregular in shape, measuring 19x21x27 kilometres. The large crater, Stickney Crater, is 10 kilometres across

Pluto. Computer artwork of the dwarf planet Pluto. Pluto, which used to be a planet, was demoted to the status of dwarf planet in August 2006

false-colour image of Phobos
False-colour image of Phobos, the larger of the two moons of Mars, as seen by the Russian Phobos 2 spacecraft on 28 February 1989

Voyager 1 photograph of a volcanic eruption on Io

Voyager photo of Saturn and its rings viewed from a unique perspective

Artists impression of the Martian moon Phobos
Phobos, the larger of the two satellites of Mars, orbits the planet just 6000km above its surface. Measuring 27x21x19km, Phobos is dominated by the great crater Stickney, which is 8km across

Saturn from Titan. Artwork of a mountainous scene on Titan, the largest satellite of Saturn (upper left). Titan is known to have traces of complex hydrocarbon compounds in its nitrogen atmosphere

Surface of Europa, artwork
Surface of Europa. Computer artwork of Europa with Jupiter in the background. The surface crust of Europa is made of water ice which form large blocks of ice

Ocean on Europa. Cutaway computer artwork showing the thick ice layer (across centre) that is thought to cover the surface of Europa

Artists impression of Jupiter over Europa
Jupiter over Europa. Artists impression of Jupiter seen over the horizon of Europa. Europa is the smallest of the four Galilean satellites of Jupiter, discovered by Galileo in 1610

Voyager 2 image of Saturn & its rings
This photograph of Saturn and its rings was taken using ultraviolet, violet and green filters and combining them to produce one overall image

Artwork of shepherd moons in Saturns ring plane
Artists impression of shepherd moons in Saturns ring plane. The rings of Saturn are in reality thousands of concentric rings, like grooves on a gramophone record

Voyager 2 image of the planet Neptune
Voyager 2 spacecraft false-colour image of the planet Neptune, taken during August 1989, when Voyager passed within 5, 000 km of Neptunes north pole

Artwork of Saturn seen from its moon Dione
Saturn. Artwork of Saturn, seen against the star clouds of the Milky Way (blue) from the planets moon Dione. The planets famous rings of dust and ice particles are seen edge-on as a titled line

Effect on Jupiters atmosphere of comet impacts
Comet Shoemaker-Levy impact on Jupiter, July 1994. Artists impression of the effect on the atmosphere of Jupiter of the impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9

Exploring cliffs on Uranian moon Miranda
Exploring Miranda. Artists impression of atronauts exploring`a cliff on the Uranian moon Miranda. Miranda is a small moon - only 470km in diameter - and lies on average 130, 000km away from Uranus

Saturn from its moon Titan
Saturn from Titan. Artwork of the planet Saturn, viewed from above its largest moon Titan. Titans surface is ice and rock, but it has a thick atmosphere of nitrogen and organic compounds

Voyager 1 composite image of Jupiters moon Io
Full-disk image of Jupiters satellite Io made from several frames taken by the Voyager 1 spacecraft on March 4, 1979, from a range of 862, 000 kilometres

Ice volcano on Charon, artwork
Ice volcano erupting on Charon, artwork. Charon is the largest moon of the dwarf planet Pluto (red, centre right). Pluto and Charon are icy bodies that orbit within the Kuiper Belt on the edge of

Pluto and Charon and Kuiper Belt
Pluto and Charon. Artwork of the planet Pluto and its moon Charon (right) seen from space with some other Kuiper Belt objects

The impact of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter
Comet Shoemaker-Levy/Jupiter collision. Infrared image (2.12 microns) of the impact sites (from left to right) of fragments A, E, F, H, D and G of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter

Artwork showing Voyager 2s view of Uranus

Pluto, Charon and new moons, 2006
New moons of Pluto. Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images of Pluto (centre) and its large moon Charon (below and right of Pluto), and two newly discovered moons

Flooded basin on surface of Triton
Visible light image of the surface of Triton, the largest of Neptunes moons. This image was made on 25 August 1989 at a distance of 40, 000 km

Artwork of first comet impacts on Jupiter, 1994

Computer artwork showing Jupiter and Earth sizes
Jupiter and Earth, Computer artwork showing the relative sizes of Jupiter, the largest planet in the Solar System, and Earth

Surface of Titan. Computer artwork of rivers on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn (upper centre). The Sun is at upper left

Saturn & its rings

Ice towers on Titan, artwork. Titan is the largest moon of Saturn. It has an atmosphere of nitrogen with dense clouds of hydrocarbons that are thought to form liquid oceans on the surface

Sedna. Computer artwork of the surface of Sedna, one of the largest objects in the Kuiper Belt of the outer solar system. It is a candidate for a tenth planet because it has a relatively stable

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