[BAA-ebulletin 00765] Juno flyby tonight

[BAA electronic bulletins service]

Juno flyby tonight

The Juno spacecraft, en route to Jupiter, will be performing a slingshot 
flyby of Earth tonight, Oct.9/10, and will be well positioned for 
observation from Europe on its outbound trajectory.  Juno passes closest 
approach in shadow at an altitude of only 558  km over the southern tip 
of Africa at 19:21 UT, then it leaves eclipse at 19:39 UT, and will be 
in view from Europe and Asia as it departs.  It will be faint and 
rapidly moving, fading from possibly mag.10 around 20h UT to  mag.>13 
after midnight as it recedes.  However, expert observers may be able to 
locate it.  Go to Heavens Above (http://www.heavens-above.com/) for 
customized predictions, or to JPL HORIZONS 
(http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?horizons) for an ephemeris.

Preston Dyches of the Juno outreach team says:  “We are interested in 
receiving any images or video to potentially share via Juno's web and 
social media (when the US gov't shutdown ends, of course).”  Folks may 
email images to:  juno_outreach at jpl.nasa.gov.

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John H. Rogers, Ph.D.
Jupiter Section Director,
British Astronomical Association.

<jhr11 at cam.ac.uk>
http://www.britastro.org/jupiter
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