Europa: Controlled Photomosaic Map | |||
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Image Credit: NASA | |||
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This
sheet is one in a series of maps of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter at
a nominal scale of 1:15,000,000. This series is based on data from the Galileo
Orbiter Solid-State Imaging (SSI) camera and the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft.
Mercator and Polar Stereographic projections used for this map of Europa are based on a sphere having a radius of 1,562.09 km. The scale is 1:8,388,000 at ±56° latitude for both projections. Longitude increases to the west in accordance with the International Astronomical Union. |
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This global map base uses the best image quality and moderate resolution coverage supplied by Galileo SSI and Voyager 1 and 2. |
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