Cartography of the Galilean Satellites in preparation of the JUICE mission

Kurzfassung

In the past, the Voyager and Galileo missions visited the objects of the Jovian System a couple of times and delivered plenty of image data. JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) will continue that survey and lead us to new knowledge about Jupiter, its rings and satellites and the complex coupling processes within the system. The camera system JANUS (Jovis, Amorum ac Natorum Undique Scrutator) [1] will deliver new high-resolution image data of Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa, which will be the baseline for new and improved orthoimage mosaics and maps of the moons.