Planets and Moons
ID: 3042
This is a beauty shot animation flying over the surface of the moon created in support of a series of live interviews about the 2004 lunar eclipse.
Scales are not accurate in this visualization. The Earth is about 3 times larger than it would actually appear. The source of the moon texture is unknown; it is thought to be a composite from several missions. The Earth texture was captured as the Galileo spacecraft swung by the Earth in 1990 for a gravity assist on its way to Jupiter.
Lunar Beauty Shot
Scales are not accurate in this visualization. The Earth is about 3 times larger than it would actually appear. The source of the moon texture is unknown; it is thought to be a composite from several missions. The Earth texture was captured as the Galileo spacecraft swung by the Earth in 1990 for a gravity assist on its way to Jupiter.
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
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Missions:
Clementine
Galileo
Data Used:
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This item is part of this series:
The Moon
Keywords:
SVS >> Galileo
SVS >> Lunar
SVS >> For Educators
SVS >> Earth >> Texas >> Houston
SVS >> Lunar Eclipse
SVS >> Solar System >> Orbits
SVS >> Sun-Earth-Moon Interactions
NASA Science >> Planets and Moons
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3042
Missions:
Clementine
Galileo
Data Used:
Galileo/Solid-State Imaging Camera/Earth Texture (1990)
Clementine and HST/HIRES and the Telescope/Lunar Composite Texture
This item is part of this series:
The Moon
Keywords:
SVS >> Galileo
SVS >> Lunar
SVS >> For Educators
SVS >> Earth >> Texas >> Houston
SVS >> Lunar Eclipse
SVS >> Solar System >> Orbits
SVS >> Sun-Earth-Moon Interactions
NASA Science >> Planets and Moons
