Callisto - Voyager 1

Distant image of Jupiter's moon, Callisto

Callisto
Voyager 1 image of Jupiter's moon, Callisto, taken from about 8 million km (5 million miles). Callisto is about 4800 km (3000 miles) in diameter, about the size of Mercury. The bright spots are impact craters. Callisto is composed of a mixture of rock and ice. The surface, while darker than the other Galilean satellites, is still brighter than Earth's Moon. (Voyager 1, P-21149)
Larger image: 101 K

High resolution tiff file (3.1 Mb)

Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1979-02-26 T 08:00
Distance/Range (km): 8,023,000
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): N/A
Orbit(s): Flyby

Imaging Information
Area or Feature Type: Global view
Instrument: Narrow angle Vidicon Camera
Instrument Resolution (pixels): 800 x 800, 8 bit
Instrument Field of View (deg): .424 x .424
Filter: violet
Illumination Incidence Angle (deg): N/A
Phase Angle (deg): N/A
Instrument Look Direction: N/A
Surface Emission Angle (deg): N/A

Ordering Information
CD-ROM Volume: N/A
NASA Image ID number: N/A
Other Image ID number: 79-HC-68
NSSDC Data Set ID (Photo): 77-084-01c
NSSDC Data Set ID (CD): N/A
Other ID: N/A

Updated 03 March 2003, DRW.