NASA chairman Juno Mission has done an extremely good job on developments and has provided scientists with a lot of information about the planet. Drawing attention to a disturbance that happened on Jupiter in 2020, researchers have just solved what has remained a mystery to them. So what is this all about? What were the reasons behind the disturbance on Jupiter? Read for more.
Such as reported by Space.com, a momentary but impulsive flash on Jupiter’s upper atmosphere was spotted by NASA’s Juno spacecraft. This took place in April 2020. Although the burst of light did not last long, it caught the attention of scientists because its spectral features did not match what would be expected in Jupiter’s aurora.
So what’s the reason behind the crash? Well, scientists have come to the conclusion that the reason behind the disturbance on the Jovial surface was actually a meteor. NASA’s Juno’s ultraviolet spectrograph (UVS), an instrument that studies ultraviolet light specifically focused on Jupiter’s aurora, catalyzed its identification.
NASA Juno Mission
Juno is a NASA space probe orbiting the planet Jupiter. It was built by Lockheed Martin and is operated by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The spacecraft was launched on August 5, 201 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Juno entered polar orbit around Jupiter on July 5, 2016 UTC to begin a scientific survey of the planet. After completing his mission, Juno will be intentionally released into Jupiter’s atmosphere†
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