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What was the interstellar asteroid (‘Oumuamua)?

One of the most remarkable discoveries in 2017 was the interstellar ‘asteroid’, now named ‘Oumuamua, which was discovered on Oct.19

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This report can be downloaded as a PDF (with mini-figures): 2018-Report-1_inc-previews-PJ11&2018.pdf The full-size figures can be downloaded as a ZIP

The Juno mission continues throughout 2018, with the spacecraft in a 53-day orbit around Jupiter. Annotated images from Juno’s camera

This is based entirely on the maps produced from PJ10 images by Gerald Eichstädt. As there was no inbound coverage,

At Juno’s perijove-10 (PJ10) on 2017 Dec.16, JunoCam again returned a superb set of closeup images. The preliminary report can

While Jupiter was invisible from Earth behind the Sun, Juno’s images mapped the planet and revealed a new South Tropical Disturbance

Summary: At perijove-9 (PJ9) on 2017 Oct.24, JunoCam took the usual superb sets of images covering both polar regions, and

Summary: This perijove on 2017 Oct.24 took place only 2 days before Jupiter’s solar conjunction, so there were no useful