Juno at PJ17
JunoCam at Perijove-PJ17 (2018 Dec.21): What the pictures show
–John Rogers (2019 Feb.8)
Highlights include:
–A view of Io with a visible volcanic plume;
–The shadow of Amalthea on the EZ, plus a mysterious tiny dark spot on NEBn;
–A map covering much of the planet at the start of the new apparition;
–Fine details of the NTB rifted region with hazes and clouds at different levels;
–The ochre-coloured EZ, with some mesoscale waves;
–JunoCam’s first good view of oval BA, now almost white; its rapid circulation has been visualised and measured.
The report, with miniature figures is posted here as a PDF: PJ17-report_Part1&Figs.pdf
The full-size figures are here in a ZIP file: PJ17-report-JHR_Figures.zip
Part II of the report, covering the polar regions (added later): PJ17-report_Part2_Polar-regions.pdf
The full-size figures for Part II: PJ17-report-II(Polar)_Figures.zip
Appendix 1: ‘PJ17: Circulation in oval BA’. is here as a PDF: PJ17-Appx1_BA-rotation.pdf
–and the animation of oval BA is below, followed by illustrations from the main report:
Below are (i) an animation of the south polar region; (ii) the planet-wide map (Figure 2).
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