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Ganymede's auroral glow

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Posted: December 27, 2000

With the sun behind us, this animation clips shows Ganymede slipping into the eclipse, which makes its auroral glow visible as Galileo passes closest to the moon. Source video: NASA TV (374k, 37sec QuickTime file).

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