The New Solar System

Nov. 6, 2000

This solar system montage of the nine planets and four large moons of Jupiter in our solar system are set against a false-color view of the Rosette Nebula. The light emitted from the Rosette Nebula results from the presence of hydrogen (red), oxygen (green) and sulfur (blue). Most of the planetary images in this montage were obtained by NASA's planetary missions, which have dramatically changed our understanding of the solar system in the past 30 years. The following lists the mission and link for additional information on each object and image.

Mercury/Mariner 10
Venus/Galileo
Earth/Galileo
Moon/Lunar Orbiter
Mars/Viking Orbiter 1 & 2
Jupiter/Voyager 1
Io/Galileo
Europa/Galileo
Ganymede/Galileo
Callisto/Galileo
Saturn/Voyager 1
Uranus/Voyager 2
Neptune/Voyager 2
Pluto/Hubble Space Telescope
Rosette Nebula/Kitt Peak