COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Record
Title:
Solar System Montage
Full Description:
This is a montage of planetary images taken by spacecraft managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. Included are (from top to bottom) images of Mercury, Venus, Earth (and Moon), Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The spacecraft responsible for these images are as follows: the Mercury image was taken by Mariner 10, the Venus image by Magellan, the Earth image by Galileo, the Mars image by Viking, and the Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune images by Voyager. Pluto is not shown as no spacecraft has yet visited it. The inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon, and Mars) are roughly to scale to each other; the outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) are roughly to scale to each other. Actual diameters are given below: Sun 1,390,000 km Mercury 4,879 km Venus 12,104 km Earth 12,756 km Moon 3,475 km Mars 6,794 km Jupiter 142.984 km Saturn 120,536 km Uranus 51,118 km Neptune 49,528 km Pluto 2,390 km
Date:
04/09/1999
NASA Center:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Subject Category:
Planetary Astronomy
Subject Category:
Space Probes
Keywords:
10
Keywords:
Earth
Keywords:
Galileo
Keywords:
JPL
Keywords:
Jet
Keywords:
Jupiter
Keywords:
Laboratory
Keywords:
Magellan
Keywords:
Mariner
Keywords:
Mars
Keywords:
Mercury
Keywords:
Neptune
Keywords:
Pluto
Keywords:
Propulsion
Keywords:
Saturn
Keywords:
Sun
Keywords:
Uranus
Keywords:
Venus
Keywords:
Viking
Keywords:
Voyager
Audience:
General Public
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Galileo
facet_what:
Jupiter
facet_what:
Magellan
facet_what:
Mariner
facet_what:
Mariner 10
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Mars 6
facet_what:
Mercury
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
Neptune
facet_what:
Pluto
facet_what:
Saturn
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Uranus
facet_what:
Venus
facet_what:
Viking
facet_what:
Voyager
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where:
Jupiter
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Mercury
facet_where:
Pluto
facet_where:
Saturn
facet_where:
Uranus
facet_where:
Venus
facet_when:
04-09-1999
facet_when_year:
1999
Image #:
PIA01341
UID:
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2000-000454
Center:
JPL
Center Number:
PIA01341
GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-000454
Creator-Photographer:
NASA
Original Source:
DIGITAL
