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Galileo at Io
 
 
Galileo at Io
Date: 3 May 1996
Galileo spacecraft found Jupiter's volcanic moon Io has a huge iron core that takes up half its diameter. The spacecraft's 899-kilometer (559-mile) flyby of Io on December 7, 1995 is depicted in this computer graphic.

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