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Callisto.
lDissions of discovery l
lo ' s vo lcanism is a resu lt of gravitat ional interacti on between A ll artist's collception oj the Cali/eo spacecraft arrivillg at Jupiter.
Jupiter, [0, and the oth er satell ites, misshapi ng 10 and causing
internal friction s th at yie ld eruption s.
The Voyagers also revea led a thin, tenuous ring arou nd
Jupiter. Composed of three bands, the ring is opti call y dark,
suggesti ng it is made up of impact debri s. T he parti cles in the
ring are very fine, suggesting that the ring is short-li ved, or if not,
that it is repleni hed from some unknow n reservo ir of material.
The nature and ource of this ring system, and its re lation to
Jupiter's moons, are among the questions to be answered by
subsequent missions to Ju piter.