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Image: Jovian main ring New Horizons 050107 10

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Description: en:Category:Jupiter Images of the jovian main ring obtained by the New Horizons spacecraft in backscattered (top) and forward-scattered (bottom) light. A faint outer ringlet is just outside the orbit of Adrastea. A gap situated between the orbits of Metis and Adrastea is clearly visible. Metis is just inside the bright outer (~1000 km) part of the ring.
Title: Jovian main ring New Horizons 050107 10
Credit: http://ciclops.org/view/4002/Jupiters_Rings_Sharpest_View
Author: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
Permission: PD-LAYOUT; PD-USGOV; PD-USGOV-NASA.
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License: Public domain
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