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This processed color image of Jupiter was produced in 1990 by the U.S. Geological Survey from a Voyager image captured in 1979. An artist's conception of Jupiter's magnetic field as it is stretched out by the solar wind is also featured. The images are accompanied by a brief description and history, some statistical facts, and a list of significant dates in the exploration of Jupiter.
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This lithograph shows images of Saturn, its rings, and four of its moons. The images were captured by the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft. They are accompanied by a brief description and history, some statistical facts, and important dates in the exploration of Saturn.
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These images of Uranus and its rings and moons were captured by the Hubble Space Telescope and by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. The images are accompanied by a brief description and history, some statistical facts, and important dates in the exploration of Uranus.
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These images of Neptune were captured by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1989. The images are accompanied by a brief description and history, some statistical facts, and importants dates in the study of Neptune.
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These views of asteroids were imaged at close range by the Galileo and Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft. They are presented at the same scale, and images of Mars' moons, Phobos and Deimos, and Ida's moon Dactyl are also shown. The accompanying text provides a description of the images, some historical facts and statistical data, along with significant dates in asteroid exploration.
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This
lithograph
shows
Jupiter's
four
largest
moons
in
their
correct
scales,
in
order
of
increasing
distance
away
from
Jupiter
(from
bottom:
Io,
Europa,
Ganymede,
and
Callisto).
All
the
images
were
taken
by
the
Galileo
spacecraft,
except
for
the
globe
of
Callisto,
which
was
taken
by
the
Voyager
spacecraft.
The
accompanying
text
describes
the
images,
provides
some
historical
facts
and
statistical
data,
...
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This poster shows images of comets Hale-Bopp and Shoemaker-Levy 9. The accompanying text describes possible source regions for comets in our solar system, the behavior of comets as they approach the Sun, their possible role in the evolution of Earth, and significant dates in the study of comets.
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This short biography of Copernicus describes his major contribution to science, the idea that the planets, including Earth, moved in orbits around the Sun. Links to additional information on related topics are embedded in the text.
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This tutorial explains some of the techniques developed by astronomers to determine the distances of objects we see in the sky. Links to additional information are embedded in the text.
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This is an infrared (IR) GOES satellite image of the United States, taken in December 2004.
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