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Thursday, 14 July 2016
Juno sends first-ever image of Jupiter, its moons
NASA's Juno shuttle has sent the first-ever picture of the gas monster Jupiter and three of its four moons to the Earth as it keeps circling the planet.
The picture was tackled July 10, when the shuttle was 4.3 million km from Jupiter on the outbound leg of its underlying 53.5-day catch circle.
The shading picture indicates environmental elements on Jupiter, including the renowned Great Red Spot, and three of the huge planet's four biggest moons — Io, Europa and Ganymede (from left to right in the picture).
"This scene from JunoCam demonstrates it survived its first go through Jupiter's amazing radiation environment with no corruption and is prepared to tackle Jupiter," said Scott Bolton, central examiner from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio.
"We can hardly wait to see the primary perspective of Jupiter's posts," he said in an announcement.
Juno is on a 20-month mission to study Jupiter's posts, climate and inside. Photograph: Juno/NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS through AP
The JunoCam camera is operational and sending down information after the rocket's landing in Jupiter on July 4.
Juno's unmistakable light camera was turned on six days after it terminated its primary motor and put itself into space around the biggest planetary occupant of our close planetary system.
Be that as it may, the main high-determination pictures of the gas goliath are still a couple of weeks away.
"JunoCam will keep on taking pictures as we go around in this first circle," said Candy Hansen, Juno co-specialist from the Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, Arizona.
The principal high-determination pictures of the planet will be tackled August 27 when Juno makes its next close go to Jupiter.
Amid its main goal, Juno will circle the Jovian world 37 times, taking off low over the planet's cloud tops — as close as around 4,100 km.
Amid these fly-bys, Juno will test underneath the darkening overcast front of Jupiter and study its auroras to take in more about the planet's birthplaces, structure, climate and magnetosphere.
Wednesday, 13 July 2016
Juno sends first-ever image of Jupiter, its moons
NASA's Juno rocket has sent the first-ever picture of the gas monster Jupiter and three of its four moons to the Earth as it keeps circling the planet.
The picture was tackled July 10, when the rocket was 4.3 million km from Jupiter on the outbound leg of its underlying 53.5-day catch circle.
The shading picture indicates climatic components on Jupiter, including the acclaimed Great Red Spot, and three of the enormous planet's four biggest moons — Io, Europa and Ganymede (from left to right in the picture).
"This scene from JunoCam shows it survived its first go through Jupiter's amazing radiation environment with no corruption and is prepared to tackle Jupiter," said Scott Bolton, central agent from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio.
"We can hardly wait to see the primary perspective of Jupiter's posts," he said in an announcement.
Juno is on a 20-month mission to study Jupiter's posts, climate and inside. Photograph: Juno/NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS through AP
The JunoCam camera is operational and sending down information after the rocket's landing in Jupiter on July 4.
Juno's noticeable light camera was turned on six days after it let go its primary motor and set itself into space around the biggest planetary tenant of our close planetary system.
In any case, the principal high-determination pictures of the gas monster are still a couple of weeks away.
"JunoCam will keep on taking pictures as we go around in this first circle," said Candy Hansen, Juno co-agent from the Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, Arizona.
The primary high-determination pictures of the planet will be tackled August 27 when Juno makes its next close go to Jupiter.
Amid its main goal, Juno will circle the Jovian world 37 times, taking off low over the planet's cloud tops — as close as around 4,100 km.
Amid these fly-bys, Juno will test underneath the darkening overcast front of Jupiter and study its auroras to take in more about the planet's causes, structure, climate and magnetosphere.
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