RESULTS FROM JUNO (2018, Perijoves 11-17)
The Juno mission continues throughout 2018, with the spacecraft in a 53-day orbit around Jupiter. Annotated images from Juno’s camera
Read moreThe Juno mission continues throughout 2018, with the spacecraft in a 53-day orbit around Jupiter. Annotated images from Juno’s camera
Read moreThis is based entirely on the maps produced from PJ10 images by Gerald Eichstädt. As there was no inbound coverage,
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Read moreAt Juno’s perijove-10 (PJ10) on 2017 Dec.16, JunoCam again returned a superb set of closeup images. The preliminary report can
Read moreAround two weeks after the outburst of 174P noted here the coma continues to expand but the total magnitude remains
Read moreFor an update on this outburst see here. The unusual Centaur comet 174P Echeclus is currently undergoing one of its
Read moreWhile Jupiter was invisible from Earth behind the Sun, Juno’s images mapped the planet and revealed a new South Tropical Disturbance
Read moreSummary: At perijove-9 (PJ9) on 2017 Oct.24, JunoCam took the usual superb sets of images covering both polar regions, and
Read moreSummary: This perijove on 2017 Oct.24 took place only 2 days before Jupiter’s solar conjunction, so there were no useful
Read moreBefore the advent of the Space Age the study of our Moon was largely in the hands of amateur astronomers
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