The Shoals of Jupiter Space by TomPeters

Lightwave • Science Fiction • posted on Sep 23, 2009

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Leonov nears the end of its long high-speed transit to Jupiter. On the way toward its rendezvous with the upper Jovian atmosphere, Here, the craft passes Autonoe, one of the smallest and outermost of the 16 moons. Shortly, Leonov will rotate its antenna complex from its lock on Earth, and attempt to pick up any communication from the ill-fated Chinese mission to Europa. The four big Galleliean moons , including Europa, can be seen strung in a line along Jupiter's equator. Rendered and modeled in Lightwave 8.5. Thanks for taking a look! -Tom

Comments (9)

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marvini

12:21PM | Wed, 23 September 2009

Amazing work!!

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Letterworks

12:59PM | Wed, 23 September 2009

Excellent work Tom!! Always nice to see your art and it;s great to see Rob;s name on some scifi art after all these years. This 'Leonov' is a much more accurate design vs. the movie version!

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JOELGLAINE

2:24PM | Wed, 23 September 2009

Absolutely fantastic image! I love how you did Jupiter and it's moons. It looks spot on to me. Keep 'em coming! I'm waiting for that aerobraking in Jupiter's atmosphere BIG TIME!

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arcas

9:56PM | Wed, 23 September 2009

This one was a while coming, but the end result is great and yields our first good look at the true shape of the vessel. Nice work!

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geirla

12:17AM | Thu, 24 September 2009

Great scene! I see those thrusters on the core ship now, and I can go back and see from the previous images that they were there all long. Great space background, with Jupiter looking like a '60s version of itself somehow. But I must protest (sorry), Jupiter has at least 63 moons, of which Autonoe is number 28.

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TomPeters

6:34AM | Thu, 24 September 2009

Thanks, geirla! Its kind of fun to watch the core design reveal itself, as the boost tanks and, eventually, the aerobrake goes separate. You are correct, of course, Jupiter has at least 63 more or less permanent moons. When 2010 was written, most had not yet been discovered.( when I was a kid, there were only 12 known moons of Jupiter!) So, we're kind of frozen in time for this series, back when 2010 was published...

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