See a bit of what Juno “saw” as it approached Jupiter for its recent flyby.
NASA ’s Juno missioncontinues to produce valuable science about Jupiter . It is also beam back stunning image of the solar system ’s magnanimous major planet .
NASA recently shared a series of range ( below ) that give a sense of what it would have been like to ride along with Juno during the coming for its 41st close flyby of Jupiter , which occurred on April 9 . The JunoCam instrument captured images as it come on to just over 2,050 miles above the swirling clouds and storm of the gas giant .
Citizen scientist Andrea Luck compiled the images from the in the raw JunoCam range of a function information to create this animate expression at Juno ’s approach , according to NASA ’s announcement .
Enhanced image by Kevin M. Gill (CC-BY) based on images provided courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS
When Juno reached that point just 2,050 naut mi above the surface of Jupiter ’s ambience , it was jaunt at 131,000 mile per hr . Ina post , NASA provided comparisons to contextualize what an incredible feat it is that Juno keep on to make these close flybys . It was more than ten prison term closer to Jupiter than " satellites in geosynchronous cranial orbit are to Earth . " It was that skinny while simultaneously " traveling at a speed about five times libertine than the Apollo charge did when they provide Earth for the moon . "
NASA launched Juno in 2011 with the goal of provide valuable insights about Jupiter . At the start of 2021,NASA extended Juno ’s missionand expanded the focus to look at Jupiter , " its rings , and Moon , " including snug feeling at the moons Ganymede , Europa , and Io . Juno ’s mission will last until September 2025 , as long as the space vehicle continues to function . Hopefully , that think of there are years of gorgeous images like this yet to get .
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS - Image processing by AndreaLuck © CC BY
