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Nasa's Juno spacecraft sends first images


Nasa's Juno spacecraft sends first imagesNASA The images show Jupiter surrounded by three of its four largest moons. Nasa's Juno spacecraft has sent back the first pictures since arriving at Jupiter. One of the images shows Jupiter surrounded by three of its four largest moons and was taken while Juno was circling three million miles away. Getting up close and personal again on Aug 27. https://t.co/Xw4VHVO6rJ pic.twitter.com/b2FuTpriKf — NASA's Juno Mission (@NASAJuno) July 12, 2016During its mission Juno will circle the Jupiter 37 times, soaring low over the planet's cloud tops - as close as 4,100 kilometers). During these flybys, Juno will probe beneath the obscuring cloud cover of Jupiter and study its auroras to learn more about the planet's origins, structure, atmosphere and magnetosphere.


Source: Stuff July 13, 2016 05:45 UTC



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