First images from NASA's Juno of Jupiter's moon

[Basil]

See the first images of Ganymede taken by NASA's Juno

Article here

 

[JPSmit]

Very Very Cool but it does look disturbingly like the Death Star - just sayin'

 

[Basil]

Very Very Cool but it does look disturbingly like the Death Star - just sayin'

That crater in the lower right reminds me of Tycho on our own moon.

Tycho Crater on the Moon (Labeled) - NASA Science

Tycho Crater is one of the most prominent craters on the Moon.

solarsystem.nasa.gov

 

[DrEntropy]

Intriguing image! The relative lack of cratering (compared to our moon) would seem to indicate a lot of surface "renewal". Plate tectonics.

 

[waltesefalcon]

Very Very Cool but it does look disturbingly like the Death Star - just sayin'

That's no moon.

 

[Boink]

Loads of tire-tracks on that puppy.

 

[DrEntropy]

That's no moon.

But it's been orbiting Jupiter at least since Galileo recorded seein' it.

 

[JPSmit]

But it's been orbiting Jupiter at least since Galileo recorded seein' it.

well duh. 'a long time ago...'