Image via NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS
On June 21, 2016, NASA’s Juno spacecraft obtained this color view of Jupiter and the planet’s four largest moons – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.
Juno will arrive at Jupiter on July 4. At this distance, 6.8 million miles (10.9 million kilometers), the alternating light and dark bands of the planet’s clouds are just beginning to come into view.
Juno, an unmanned spacecraft the size of a basketball court, launched on August 5, 2011. On July 4, 2016, the solar-powered spacecraft will enter orbit around Jupiter and fly within 2,900 miles (4,667 km) of the cloud tops of our solar system’s largest planet. It’ll be the first craft to orbit Jupiter since Galileo, which arrived in 1995 and spent eight years in orbit.
Read more: Juno to enter Jupiter orbit July 4
NASA described the spacecrafts approach:
Juno is approaching over Jupiter’s north pole, affording the spacecraft a unique perspective on the Jupiter system. Previous missions that imaged Jupiter on approach saw the system from much lower latitudes, closer to the planet’s equator.
Bottom line: NASA’s Juno spacecraft will arrive at Jupiter on July 4, 2016. Juno captured this image – in which the planet’s 4 largest moons are visible – on June 21, 2016.
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Image via NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS
On June 21, 2016, NASA’s Juno spacecraft obtained this color view of Jupiter and the planet’s four largest moons – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.
Juno will arrive at Jupiter on July 4. At this distance, 6.8 million miles (10.9 million kilometers), the alternating light and dark bands of the planet’s clouds are just beginning to come into view.
Juno, an unmanned spacecraft the size of a basketball court, launched on August 5, 2011. On July 4, 2016, the solar-powered spacecraft will enter orbit around Jupiter and fly within 2,900 miles (4,667 km) of the cloud tops of our solar system’s largest planet. It’ll be the first craft to orbit Jupiter since Galileo, which arrived in 1995 and spent eight years in orbit.
Read more: Juno to enter Jupiter orbit July 4
NASA described the spacecrafts approach:
Juno is approaching over Jupiter’s north pole, affording the spacecraft a unique perspective on the Jupiter system. Previous missions that imaged Jupiter on approach saw the system from much lower latitudes, closer to the planet’s equator.
Bottom line: NASA’s Juno spacecraft will arrive at Jupiter on July 4, 2016. Juno captured this image – in which the planet’s 4 largest moons are visible – on June 21, 2016.
from EarthSky http://ift.tt/295fOOV
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