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Home / News / Science News / Juno sends back first picture from orbit
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    Juno sends back first picture from orbit

    Written by
    Rishikesh Malkhede
    Edited by
    Gaurav Jeyaraman
    Last updated on Jul 13, 2016, 04:03 pm
    Juno sends back first picture from orbit
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  • The Juno probe has sent back its first picture after entering Jupiter's orbit.

    The image shows the sun-lit part of Jupiter alongside Io, Europa and Ganymede, three of the planet's moons.

    It is currently moving away from Jupiter in an arc orbit, and will swing back in August, when scientists say, it would be able to take better and closer pictures of the planet.

  • In this article
    Information about the 'giant' planet Most number of satellites What is Mission 'Juno'? Billion dollar mission Juno enters Jupiter's orbit Need to know the secrets of Jupiter Juno sends back first picture from orbit
  • Jupiter

    Information about the 'giant' planet

    Information about the 'giant' planet
  • Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun and the largest in the solar system.

    Jupiter is the oldest known planet and is a gas giant primarily composed of hydrogen, with a quarter of its mass being helium.

    The mass of Jupiter is 300 times the mass of Earth.

    It is named by the Romans after their god Jupiter.

  • Do you know?

    Most number of satellites

  • Jupiter has the most number of natural satellites. It has four large moons and 60 smaller ones, making a total of 64.

  • About

    What is Mission 'Juno'?

    What is Mission 'Juno'?
  • Juno is a NASA New Frontiers mission launched to study Jupiter's composition, gravitational field, magnetic field and polar magnetosphere.

    The Juno spacecraft was launched on 5th August, 2011 and will travel 2.8 billion kilometres from its launch to arrival.

    Juno weighs 3500 pounds and is second mission for Jupiter research after 1995's Galileo mission by NASA, which lasted till 2003.

  • Data

    Billion dollar mission

  • The total cost of the Juno mission is over $1.13 billion. This includes satellite components, guidance and control systems and Juno's vast array of sensors tuned to detect various phenomena on the planet.

  • 05 Jul 2016

    Juno enters Jupiter's orbit

    Juno enters Jupiter's orbit
  • After a successful five-year voyage, Juno reached Jupiter on Monday. It entered Jupiter's orbit by slowing down its speed to gently slip into the orbit.

    The spacecraft is supposed to be revolving around the planet till 2018. Juno will be just 5000 km away from Jupiter's top clouds.

    Before entering the orbit, Juno sent the pictures of planet glowing yellow with its four moons.

  • Data

    Need to know the secrets of Jupiter

  • Juno's chief scientist Scott Bolton said that Juno is there to look beneath Jupiter's surface. Juno will find out what is Jupiter built of, how deep are its features and learn about its secrets.

  • 13 Jul 2016

    Juno sends back first picture from orbit

    Juno sends back first picture from orbit
    Credits:
  • The Juno probe has sent back its first picture after entering Jupiter's orbit.

    The image shows the sun-lit part of Jupiter alongside Io, Europa and Ganymede, three of the planet's moons.

    It is currently moving away from Jupiter in an arc orbit, and will swing back in August, when scientists say, it would be able to take better and closer pictures of the planet.

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