NASA’s Juno probe revealed new images of the planet Jupiter

Juno sent new and some of the best photos on the planet Jupiter to date. The space probe POT provided data on the composition, gravity, magnetic field and magnetosphere of the celestial body, after completing its 66th flyby of the gaseous planet on October 23.

Juno images and equipment

Juno’s mission to Jupiter helped astronomers learn more about its composition, gravity, magnetic field and its magnetosphere. He also revealed surprising details about his auroras, their atmosphere and their internal structuremore complex and turbulent than previously thought.

Juno’s mission was to end in 2018, but was extended by NASA several times. Still, the radiation damaged his instruments, including the camera he took these photos with, the JunoCam.

The Juno mission does not have a dedicated team of scientists to process the images, but rather they are amateurs who download the data, process it and upload it to a website dedicated to the mission.

Other Juno missions

During one of its last flybys, the spacecraft passed near Amaltheathe fifth moon of Jupiter, which is characterized by its intense red color. With a radius of 84 kilometers, it is also significantly smaller than the moon. Land.

Juno will end its mission on September 15, 2025, plunging into the gas giant. Destroying the probe ensures that it will not crash into one of Jupiter’s moons that could harbor microbial life.

There are now two missions underway to take up Juno’s baton. JUICEof the European Space Agencylaunched last year and will arrive in the Jovian system in 2031. And Europa Clipperfrom NASA, which was launched in October and will arrive at Jupiter in 2030 to study the habitability of the ocean under the ice of Europa.