Jupiter: discover the first photo sent by Juno probe – RTL.fr

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The planet Jupiter

with Eleanor Douet posted on 07/14/2016 at 12:20

This is the first gift of the Juno probe began after a trip through space there are already 5 years. A week after its orbit around Jupiter, the probe sent his first shot at NASA. Among them, there is a photograph of the gas planet surrounded by three of its four Galilean moons: Io, Europa and Ganymede . And NASA has already announced that closer shots will be released in early August. After its launch into orbit Tuesday, July 5, the probe Juno begins a mission of 20 months with the aim: to discover the origins of Jupiter or even understand what the largest planet in our solar system was the impact on . the development of life on Earth

Scott Bolton, chief scientist for the mission at Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, welcomes this first delivery, according 20minutes: “this scene captured by JunoCam shows that a survive its first pass through the important radiation fields Jupiter without damage and is ready to tackle Jupiter. We are eager to see the first pictures of poles of Jupiter “

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Jupiter surrounded by three of its four Galilean moons. Io, Europa and Ganymede

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