Juno’s Discovery: Organic Compounds and Mineral Salts Found on Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede

2023-11-01 03:18:30
LOS ANGELES, October 31, 2023 (Xinhua) – NASA said on Tuesday that its Juno spacecraft has discovered for the first time mineral salts and organic compounds on the surface of Jupiter’s largest moon, Ganymede. The results indicate that the salty ocean water present beneath the surface reaches the crust of This is an icy world, according to NASA. The data for this discovery was collected by the Jovian infrared audiogram (JIRAM), which was present on board the spacecraft, while it was flying near the icy moon. “Ganymede” is the largest The planet Jupiter has four moons and is larger than the planet Mercury. It has always been of great interest to scientists because it contains a vast internal ocean of water hidden under its icy crust. On June 7, 2021, Juno flew over Ganymede at an altitude of 1046 km. Shortly following the time of this closest approach, the Jerram spectrometer captured infrared images and the infrared spectrum of the moon’s surface. The data captured by the spectrograph of Jupiter’s moon “Ganymede” achieved unprecedented spatial resolution for infrared spectroscopy. Using it, he was able Juno scientists are able to detect and analyze unique spectral features of non-water-ice materials, including aqueous sodium chloride, ammonium chloride, sodium bicarbonate, and possibly aliphatic aldehydes, according to NASA.
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