Planet Jupiter & Ganymede—Largest Moon in Our Solar System | NASA Juno

Planet Jupiter & Ganymede—Largest Moon in Our Solar System | NASA Juno

Ganymede (visible in the top-left corner) is the largest natural satellite of Jupiter as well as the biggest moon in our Solar System. Ganymede is also the largest Solar System object without an atmosphere, despite being the only moon of the Solar System with a magnetic field. Like Saturn's moon Titan, Ganymede is larger than planet Mercury. However, Ganymede has less surface gravity than Mercury, Io or the Moon. 

[Source: Wikipedia]

Discover more about Ganymede: 

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/jupiter-moons/ganymede/in-depth/

Juno Mission Profile

Launched: Aug. 5, 2011

Arrival at Jupiter: July 4, 2016

Goal: Understand origin and evolution of Jupiter, look for solid planetary core, map magnetic field, measure water and ammonia in deep atmosphere, observe auroras.

Learn more about the Juno mission: www.nasa.gov/juno

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) manages the Juno mission for NASA. The mission's principal investigator is Scott Bolton of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. The mission is part of NASA's New Frontiers Program, managed at the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, for NASA's Science Mission Directorate. Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver built the spacecraft.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

Jupiter & Ganymede - PJ50-53

Release Date: April 18, 2023

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