Inner moons of Jupiter Push In to Europa

  • Released Monday, September 21, 2009
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This visualization starts showing the orbits of Jupiter's inner moons (Europa, Io, Ganymede, Callisto, Amalthea, Thebe, Adrastea, and Metis). As the orbits procede we begin to zero in on Europa. Other moons and orbits fade away as we push in to Europa filling the screen.

This visualization was created in support of the Science On a Sphere film called "LARGEST" which is about Jupiter. Mulitple layer offset 120 degrees from each other are intended to overlay the orbits. A Europa label is provided so that it can be faded out in post production. A separate layer for Jupiter is also provided so that the other moons and orbit trails can also be faded out, leaving only Jupiter.

Jupiter inner moon orbits pushing in to Europa composite

Jupiter inner moon orbits pushing in to Europa

Match rendered push in with Europa offset 0 degrees

Match rendered push in with Europa offset 120 degrees

Match rendered push in with Europa offset 240 degrees

Match rendered push in with obnly the Europa label

Match rendered push in with only Jupiter

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

This page was originally published on Monday, September 21, 2009.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:54 PM EDT.

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