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Asgard Impact Structure on Callisto

Target Name:  Callisto
Spacecraft:  Galileo
Produced by:  NASA/DLR
Copyright: Public Domain
Date Taken:  4 November 1996

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This four-frame mosaic shows the ancient impact structure Asgard on Callisto. This image is centered at 30 degrees north, 142 degrees west. The Asgard structure is approximately 1700 km across (1,056 mi) and consists of a bright central zone surrounded by discontinuous rings. The rings are tectonic features with scarps near the central zone and troughs at the outer margin. Several large impacts have smashed into Callisto after the formation of Asgard. The very young, bright-rayed crater Burr is located on the northern part of Asgard. This mosaic has been projected to show a uniform scale between the four mosiacked images. The image was processed by Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fuer Luft-und Raumfahrt e.V., Berlin, Germany.

This image was taken on November 4, 1996, at a distance of 111,891 kilometers (69,070 miles) by the Galileo spacecraft during its third orbit around Jupiter.

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