Juno spacecraft has sent a high-resolution, close-up image of Jupiter, showing the turbulent region just west of the Great Red Spot in the South Equatorial Belt. The image was captured with JunoCam citizen science instrument on Dec 11, 2016, when Juno was flying at an altitude of just 8,700 kilometers above Jupiter’s cloudtops. With help […]
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Juno Sends New Images of Cyclone Swirls and White Oval storms on Jupiter
Last week, NASA’s Juno spacecraft successfully completed its fourth flyby of Jupiter and later sent some new stunning pictures of white oval storms and cyclone swirls on the planet. The new image clearly shows the cyclone swirls around the south polar region of Jupiter, and white oval storms near the edge of the planet. Juno’s […]
New Image Captured by Juno Reveals the Great Red Spot of Jupiter
NASA has a released a new image of Jupiter captured on Dec 11, 2016 by JunoCam imager on NASA’s Juno spacecraft. The image has been processed by citizen scientists Gerald Eichstaedt and John Rogers. The caption of the image was also drafted by them. NASA posts JunoCam’s raw images at www.missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam to allow the public […]
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