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Galileo's encounter with Ganymede

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Posted: December 27, 2000

NASA animation shows the Galileo space probe making a close flyby of Jupiter's moon Ganymede on December 28. The moon is in eclipse by the giant gas planet during Galileo's encounter. Source video: NASA TV (307k, 32sec QuickTime file).

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