The god Jupiter was a deceitful punk. He always slept with mortals and covered himself with thick clouds so that his wife would not know what he was preparing. Except that, ha! His wife Juno had the power to see through his false atmosphere. That's why NASA's spacecraft launched in 2011 to spy on Jupiter is called … Juno.
The craft traveled for five years and finally came into orbit around Jupiter on July 4, 2016, circling the planet every 52 days. In addition to having a thick atmosphere, Jupiter is also wrapped in intense radiation belts. In fact, after the sun, Jupiter and its surroundings are the most dangerous environment in the solar system. Nevertheless, Juno has persisted and studied for more than two years the largest planet in the solar system: it uses specially designed tools, such as JIRAM, an infrared spectrometer to dive into the clouds and a magnetometer to observe the complex and the magnetism of the planet. field.
Jupiter has played an important role in the current formation of our solar system. Thus, by better understanding this beauty strips, we can learn more about the Earth.
During his twentieth scientific survey, Juno photographed a dark abyss in Jupiter 's atmosphere. The planet is famous for its staggering and swirling storms, but this dark spot was a kind of storm that had never been seen before and probably plunges into the depths of the atmosphere. The photo was taken just two months ago during Juno's 20th scientific orbit, when it shot 9,200 miles above the clouds.Photograph: Gerald Eichstadt / Sean Doran / NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS
Did you know that Jupiter has rings? That's right, but they are thin and very weak and hard to see from Earth. Juno saw them from a rare point of view when, during her 13th orbit around the planet, she flew inside the rings. The background is covered with stars, but if you look at the foggy white band around the photo, you will see Jupiter's main belt.Photo: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI
Last May, the spacecraft plunged into its orbit and captured this superb photo of Jupiter and its turbulent atmosphere at 11,600 kilometers. To the right of the planet, around the brown undulating strip, seemingly white clouds appear higher up in the atmosphere – a feature that scientists had never seen before Juno's arrival. The atmosphere of Jupiter is mainly composed of hydrogen and a little helium and ammonia, and high altitude clouds that look almost like those of the Earth were a fun discovery of the Juno mission.Photography: Kevin M. Gill / NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS
