All three components of Jupiter’s ring system are captured in this image from NASA’s Galileo spacecraft: the flat main ring, the halo that is interior to the main ring, and the diffuse outer gossamer ring. The gossamer ring is shown stretching the width of this mosaic image (and continuing beyond), with the main ring and halo on the right-hand side. The image is purposely overexposed to accentuate the faint gossamer ring. The images were obtained when Galileo was in Jupiter’s shadow, peering back toward the Sun.
IMAGE: NASA, NASA-JPL, Cornell University
31 July 2020 (upload date)
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