Galileo scientists are in the process of calibrating and validating this data. The full digital image necessary for scientific analysis will be released within one year of receipt of this orbit's last data. View of Ganymede View of Ganymede from the Galileo spacecraft during its first encounter with the Satellite.
North is to the top of the picture and the sun illuminates the surface from the right.
The finest details that can be discerned in this picture are about 6.7 kilometers across.