Juno Probe mission to Jupiter
So NASA sent a space probe to study Jupiter in more details. Probe’ is named after goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter.
Juno will study Jupiter’s atmosphere and the interior make up of Jupiter in great detail over 14 months before it plunges in to Jupiter at the end of its mission.
Juno mission should give scientist better understanding how Jupiter came to being and confirm some of the planet formation theories.
Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System with mass twice greater than all other planets combined. Jupiter is classed as a gas giant planet, has mass of 318 Earths and radius of nearly 12 Earths. In Jupiter’s volume you can fit over 1000 earths.
Juno was launched on August 5th 2011, using Earth’s gravity assist trajectory the probe was given boost on its voyage to Jupiter.
One of Juno’s mission objectives is to measure the amount of water in Jupiter’s Atmosphere, this would determine where and how Jupiter formed, and provide answer, was Jupiter formed closer to the Sun or was it further out.
Mapping the gravity and the magnetic field of Jupiter will give us some idea if Jupiter has a solid core.
Jupiter’s Magnetic Field is strongest in our solar system, Jupiter experiences Aurora Borealis just as same as Earth, however Jupiter’s Aurora Borealis is 1000 times larger.
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