In a recent development, it has been learned that the Juno spacecraft caught a sight during its flyby of Jupiter. The images shared by NASA speak of two of the planet’s moon. Reader can also view this image and to see clearly what it is about zoom in to the right. Read all about the captured images below.
About gas giant, the 2 moons of Jupiter
The photo, taken by scientist Andrea Luck, was released this week by the Juno. It represents the southern hemisphere of Jupiter. The photo also beamed toward Jupiter’s two moons, Io and Europa; masking a global ocean of liquid water beneath its icy surface. These images were taken during the Juno spacecraft’s 12th flight around Jupiter.
NASA during the release of a statement Regarding the same, he informed that the Juno was hovering 61,000 km above the cloudy peaks of Jupiter at the time this image was taken. The Juno maintained the latitude of 52 degrees south to capture it.
Three worlds in the same frame
During a brief flight past Jupiter in January, #JunoMission captured the intriguing moons of the giant planet, Io (left) and Europa (right) in the distance. Juno was located about 38K miles (61K km) from Jupiter’s cloud tops. pic.twitter.com/C2OlHugAhG— NASA JPL (@NASAJPL) March 16, 2022
Io is the innermost moon of Jupiter and is very large. Io is stretched and compressed by the gas giant’s intense gravity, resulting in an intensely molten interior. It is also speculated that Io may spew sulfurous magma hundreds of miles into space. However, the second moon of Europa has received more attention from scientists and there is a small possibility that it may have life in it.
Readers interested in finding the images may have some trouble finding the same one below once as one of the moons is quite faint. But if you know the details of them, you can zoom in on the surface and it might not be that hard to find them.
About the Juno Mission
Juno is a NASA space probe orbiting the planet Jupiter and built by Lockheed Martin. The spacecraft is operated by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. and was launched in August 2011 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. During its mission, the Junos will attempt to measure Jupiter’s composition, gravitational field, magnetic field and polar magnetosphere.
It will also try to answer doubts regarding Jupiter’s formation, such as whether the surface has a rocky core, the amount of water present in the deep atmosphere, the mass distribution and Jupiter’s fast winds up to 620 km/h. you. The Juno mission comes second after the Galileo orbiter which was functional between 1995 – 2003. The specialty of the Juno is that it is designed using solar panels.
During a recent Jupiter flyby, the #JunoMission spacecraft also spotted two other worlds: the giant planet’s intriguing moons Io and Europa. Details – https://t.co/B7Zu2efI8m
: Cutout of a JunoCam image processed by AndreaLuck pic.twitter.com/Iy2LvxwK3x
— NASA Solar System (@NASASolarSystem) March 16, 2022