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Jovian Family Portrait

Photo illustration of Jupiter and the three Jovian moons (Ganymede, Europa, Io – from left to right) NASA's Juno mission has flown past, was created from data collected by the spacecraft's JunoCam imager.
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Credits: Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS, Image processing: Kevin M. Gill (CC BY), Thomas Thomopoulos (CC BY)
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This photo illustration of Jupiter and the three Jovian moons NASA's Juno mission has flown past was generated from data collected by the spacecraft's JunoCam imager.

Ganymede, the moon furthest to the left, was imaged by JunoCam as it flew past on June 8, 2021. Citizen scientist Kevin M. Gill created this image using data from JunoCam.

The moon second from the left is Europa, which Juno imaged on Sept. 29, 2022. Citizen scientist Kevin M. Gill created this image using data from JunoCam.

The image of Io was captured during a flyby of the moon on May 16, 2023. Citizen scientist Thomas Thomopoulos created this image using data from JunoCam.

The image of Jupiter was captured on Dec. 15, 2022. Citizen scientist Kevin M. Gill created this image using data from JunoCam.

JunoCam's raw images are available for the public to peruse and process into image products at https://missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam/processing. More information about NASA citizen science can be found at https://science.nasa.gov/citizenscience and https://www.nasa.gov/solve/opportunities/citizenscience.

More information about Juno is at
https://www.nasa.gov/juno and https://missionjuno.swri.edu.