This image of Jupiter and its gorgeous cloud tops is the latest image sent from NASA’s Juno spacecraft.
Launched in 2011 and remaining at Jupiter since 2016, Juno orbits the giant planet in a highly oblate elliptical orbit, approaching the planet’s polar regions regarding once every five weeks. This is the only time Juno will transmit images to Earth.
Image data collected by JunoCam on NASA’s Juno spacecraft from an altitude of 22,658 kilometers on November 6, 2022 (NASA/JPL-CALTECH/SWRI/MSSS/BRIAN SWIFT © CC BY)
On November 6, 2022, Juno made its 46th closest flight (perijove), and in the days that followed, data from its 2-megapixel camera was sent over NASA’s deep space network. In October, Juno captured stunning close-ups of Jupiter’s moon Europa.
Juno rotates to stabilize its long elliptical orbit, and the images sent to it require a lot of work.An amazing team of volunteers, “citizen scientists,” will be on mission every time Juno is closest.Special siteThe original data of the image is downloaded from Anyone can download the data and upload it following processing.
“Their intellectual explosion and expertise have resulted in some amazing images,” said Jonathan Lunine, a Cornell University planetary scientist and Juno Mission co-investigator, whose citizen science They also said they functioned on a par with the Juno science team. “There is very little difference between what they offer and what we get from missions like Voyager and New Horizons. It’s an experiment I’m talking regarding.”
A dedicated citizen scientist working on Juno’s imageryKevin M. Gill、Brian Swift、Andrew Luck、Bjorn Jonsson、Jarald Eichstedt、Sean Dolan et al.ButJunoCam websiteYou can see the work of many others here.
Jupiter as seen from NASA’s Juno spacecraft on November 7, 2022. Image processed by Kevin M. Gill (NASA/JPL-CALTECH/SWRI/MSSS/KEVIN M. GILL © CC BY)
This imaging experiment is unlikely to be carried out on the next two Jupiter missions, which will effectively take over the baton from Juno. NASA’s Europa Clipper mission and the European Space Agency’s (EPA’s) Jupiter Icy Moon Orbiter (JUICE) mission each have dedicated scientific teams responsible for image processing.
Europa Clipper will launch in October 2024 and arrive at Jupiter in late 2027, making regarding 45 flybys to take high-resolution images of the moon’s icy surface.
Jupiter as seen from NASA’s Juno spacecraft on November 7, 2022. Image processed by Kevin M. Gill (NASA/JPL-CALTECH/SWRI/MSSS/KEVIN M. GILL © CC BY)
JUICE will launch a little earlier in April 2023, but will arrive in July 2031. The mission is to observe three moons: Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, over the course of three and a half years.
In June 2021, Juno came within 600 miles (regarding 1,000 kilometers) of Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system, and sent us some fascinating images.
Juno’s next closest approach, Perijove 47, is December 15, 2022.
Wishing for clear skies and big eyes.