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Artist impression based on JunoCam image of Jupiter acquired on July 21, 2021. Enhanced to highlight features, clouds, colors, and the beauty of Jupiter. Credit: NASA / SwRI / MSSS / Tanya Oleksuik CC NC SA

Juno Spacecraft Peers Deep Into Jupiter’s Colorful Belts And Zones

MessageToEagle.com | October 30, 2021

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – Leicester study of data captured in orbit around Jupiter has revealed new insights into what’s happening deep beneath the gas giant’s distinctive and

Juno has discovered a new population of highly energetic ions (bright blue spots) at midlatitudes within the inner edge of Jupiter’s relativistic electron belt, a region not previously explored. Juno’s stellar reference unit star camera records bright streaks in its images when these penetrating ions strike its sensor. The closest approach of Pioneer 11 to the planet and the path of the Galileo probe are also shown. Credit: M. Stetson, D. Santos-Costa, J. Arballo, H. N. Becker, CC BY-NC 4.0

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Juno Detects Jupiter’s Highest-Energy Ions

MessageToEagle.com | June 17, 2021

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – Jupiter’s planetary radiation environment is the most intense in the solar system. NASA’s Juno spacecraft has been orbiting the planet closer than any

The JunoCam imager aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft captured this image of Jupiter's southern equatorial region on Sept. 1, 2017. The image is oriented so Jupiter's poles (not visible) run left-to-right of frame. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

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Bright Meteoroid Explosion Above Jupiter’s Clouds Observed By Juno Spacecraft’s Instrument

MessageToEagle.com | February 23, 2021

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – A bright flash above Jupiter’s clouds was observed by astronomers using the Ultraviolet Spectrograph instrument on the Juno spacecraft. Since Juno arrived

In the evening of July 4, Juno will perform a suspenseful orbit insertion maneuver, a 35-minute burn of its main engine, to slow the spacecraft by about 1,212 miles per hour (542 meters per second) so it can be captured into the gas giant’s orbit. Once in Jupiter’s orbit, the spacecraft will circle the Jovian world 37 times during 20 months, skimming to within 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers) above the cloud tops. This is the first time a spacecraft will orbit the poles of Jupiter, providing new answers to ongoing mysteries about the planet’s core, composition and magnetic fields. Credits: NASA

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Detailed Radio Map Of Jupiter Reveals What’s Hidden Beneath Colorful Clouds

MessageToEagle.com | June 5, 2016

MessageToEagle.om – Jupiter’s atmosphere is a complex system of belts, layers, storms, and cloud systems. Using the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), located in New Mexico,

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