Detail View: NASA Solarsystem Collection: Ulysses at Jupiter

title: 
Ulysses at Jupiter
description: 
An artist's impression of the Ulysses spacecraft at Jupiter. Ulysses used Jupiter's powerful gravity to hurl it out of the Plane of the Ecliptic (where most planets and satellites orbit) so it could study the polar regions of the Sun. *Image Credit*: NASA/European Space Agency
date: 
02.04.2004
keywords: 
JPL
facet_what: 
Jupiter
facet_where: 
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_when: 
02-04-2004
facet_when_year: 
2004
UID: 
SPD-SLRSY-2345
original url: 
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=2345