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NASA's Juno Spacecraft to Fly Over Jupiter's Great Red Spot July 10
Posted on 7/1/17 at 10:20 am
Posted on 7/1/17 at 10:20 am
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Just days after celebrating its first anniversary in Jupiter orbit, NASA's Juno spacecraft will fly directly over Jupiter's Great Red Spot, the gas giant's iconic, 10,000-mile-wide (16,000-kilometer-wide) storm. This will be humanity's first up-close and personal view of the gigantic feature -- a storm monitored since 1830 and possibly existing for more than 350 years.
"Jupiter's mysterious Great Red Spot is probably the best-known feature of Jupiter," said Scott Bolton, principal investigator of Juno from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. "This monumental storm has raged on the solar system's biggest planet for centuries. Now, Juno and her cloud-penetrating science instruments will dive in to see how deep the roots of this storm go, and help us understand how this giant storm works and what makes it so special."
The data collection of the Great Red Spot is part of Juno's sixth science flyby over Jupiter's mysterious cloud tops. Perijove (the point at which an orbit comes closest to Jupiter's center) will be on Monday, July 10, at 6:55 p.m. PDT (9:55 p.m. EDT). At the time of perijove, Juno will be about 2,200 miles (3,500 kilometers) above the planet's cloud tops. Eleven minutes and 33 seconds later, Juno will have covered another 24,713 miles (39,771 kilometers) and will be directly above the coiling crimson cloud tops of Jupiter's Great Red Spot. The spacecraft will pass about 5,600 miles (9,000 kilometers) above the Giant Red Spot clouds. All eight of the spacecraft's instruments as well as its imager, JunoCam, will be on during the flyby.
Just days after celebrating its first anniversary in Jupiter orbit, NASA's Juno spacecraft will fly directly over Jupiter's Great Red Spot, the gas giant's iconic, 10,000-mile-wide (16,000-kilometer-wide) storm. This will be humanity's first up-close and personal view of the gigantic feature -- a storm monitored since 1830 and possibly existing for more than 350 years.
"Jupiter's mysterious Great Red Spot is probably the best-known feature of Jupiter," said Scott Bolton, principal investigator of Juno from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. "This monumental storm has raged on the solar system's biggest planet for centuries. Now, Juno and her cloud-penetrating science instruments will dive in to see how deep the roots of this storm go, and help us understand how this giant storm works and what makes it so special."
The data collection of the Great Red Spot is part of Juno's sixth science flyby over Jupiter's mysterious cloud tops. Perijove (the point at which an orbit comes closest to Jupiter's center) will be on Monday, July 10, at 6:55 p.m. PDT (9:55 p.m. EDT). At the time of perijove, Juno will be about 2,200 miles (3,500 kilometers) above the planet's cloud tops. Eleven minutes and 33 seconds later, Juno will have covered another 24,713 miles (39,771 kilometers) and will be directly above the coiling crimson cloud tops of Jupiter's Great Red Spot. The spacecraft will pass about 5,600 miles (9,000 kilometers) above the Giant Red Spot clouds. All eight of the spacecraft's instruments as well as its imager, JunoCam, will be on during the flyby.
This post was edited on 7/1/17 at 10:20 am
Posted on 7/1/17 at 10:22 am to DavidTheGnome
Juno
Juno is a NASA space probe orbiting the planet Jupiter. It was built by Lockheed Martin and is operated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on August 5, 2011 (UTC), as part of the New Frontiers program,[6] and entered a polar orbit of Jupiter on July 5, 2016 (UTC),[4][7] to begin a scientific investigation of the planet.[8] After completing its mission, Juno will be intentionally deorbited into Jupiter's atmosphere.[8]
Juno's mission is to measure Jupiter's composition, gravity field, magnetic field, and polar magnetosphere. It will also search for clues about how the planet formed, including whether it has a rocky core, the amount of water present within the deep atmosphere, mass distribution, and its deep winds, which can reach speeds of 618 kilometers per hour (384 mph).[9]
Juno is the second spacecraft to orbit Jupiter, after the nuclear powered Galileo orbiter, which orbited from 1995 to 2003.[8] Unlike all earlier spacecraft to the outer planets,[8] Juno is powered only by solar arrays, commonly used by satellites orbiting Earth and working in the inner Solar System, whereas radioisotope thermoelectric generators are commonly used for missions to the outer Solar System and beyond. For Juno, however, the three largest solar array wings ever deployed on a planetary probe play an integral role in stabilizing the spacecraft as well as generating power.[10]
Juno image gallery
Juno is a NASA space probe orbiting the planet Jupiter. It was built by Lockheed Martin and is operated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on August 5, 2011 (UTC), as part of the New Frontiers program,[6] and entered a polar orbit of Jupiter on July 5, 2016 (UTC),[4][7] to begin a scientific investigation of the planet.[8] After completing its mission, Juno will be intentionally deorbited into Jupiter's atmosphere.[8]
Juno's mission is to measure Jupiter's composition, gravity field, magnetic field, and polar magnetosphere. It will also search for clues about how the planet formed, including whether it has a rocky core, the amount of water present within the deep atmosphere, mass distribution, and its deep winds, which can reach speeds of 618 kilometers per hour (384 mph).[9]
Juno is the second spacecraft to orbit Jupiter, after the nuclear powered Galileo orbiter, which orbited from 1995 to 2003.[8] Unlike all earlier spacecraft to the outer planets,[8] Juno is powered only by solar arrays, commonly used by satellites orbiting Earth and working in the inner Solar System, whereas radioisotope thermoelectric generators are commonly used for missions to the outer Solar System and beyond. For Juno, however, the three largest solar array wings ever deployed on a planetary probe play an integral role in stabilizing the spacecraft as well as generating power.[10]
Juno image gallery
This post was edited on 7/1/17 at 10:25 am
Posted on 7/1/17 at 10:50 am to DavidTheGnome
Great Red Spot
The Great Red Spot is a persistent zone of high pressure, producing an anticyclonic storm on the planet Jupiter, 22° south of the equator. It has been continuously observed for 187 years, since 1830. Earlier observations from 1665 to 1713 are believed to have been the same storm; if this is correct, it has existed for more than 350 years.[1][2] Storms such as this are not uncommon within the turbulent atmospheres of gas giants.
A false-color image of the Great Red Spot of Jupiter from Voyager 1. The white oval storm directly below the Great Red Spot has approximately the same diameter as the Earth.
Infrared data have long indicated that the Great Red Spot is colder (and thus, higher in altitude) than most of the other clouds on the planet.[17] However, recent infrared measurements of the upper atmosphere show far more heat above the G.R.S. than the rest of the planet; "acoustic waves" rising from the storm have been proposed as an explanation for Jupiter's temperature.[18]
The Great Red Spot is a persistent zone of high pressure, producing an anticyclonic storm on the planet Jupiter, 22° south of the equator. It has been continuously observed for 187 years, since 1830. Earlier observations from 1665 to 1713 are believed to have been the same storm; if this is correct, it has existed for more than 350 years.[1][2] Storms such as this are not uncommon within the turbulent atmospheres of gas giants.
A false-color image of the Great Red Spot of Jupiter from Voyager 1. The white oval storm directly below the Great Red Spot has approximately the same diameter as the Earth.
Infrared data have long indicated that the Great Red Spot is colder (and thus, higher in altitude) than most of the other clouds on the planet.[17] However, recent infrared measurements of the upper atmosphere show far more heat above the G.R.S. than the rest of the planet; "acoustic waves" rising from the storm have been proposed as an explanation for Jupiter's temperature.[18]
Posted on 7/1/17 at 10:53 am to DavidTheGnome
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10,000-mile-wide (16,000-kilometer-wide) storm. This will be humanity's first up-close and personal view of the gigantic feature -- a storm monitored since 1830 and possibly existing for more than 350 years.
Some crazy stuff going on over there on Jupiter. Interesting though, to say the least.
This post was edited on 7/1/17 at 10:56 am
Posted on 7/1/17 at 10:59 am to saint tiger225
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existing for more than 350 years.
And that's why you don't go with a satellite provider people.
Posted on 7/1/17 at 11:01 am to DavidTheGnome
As much as I hate you as a poster, great thread.
Posted on 7/1/17 at 11:01 am to DavidTheGnome
They should put a GoPro on it and live stream it flying directly into the storm
Posted on 7/1/17 at 11:06 am to TheBob
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They should put a GoPro on it and live stream it flying directly into the storm
The camera was never originally supposed to be on the probe, but everyone pushed to have it added because...well, shite, it's going to Jupiter. The problem is though that Jupiters radiation field destroys anything relatively quickly so designing one to hold up is a difficult thing to do.
Also keep in mind since this was an add on the camera is no where near the quality of a probe like Cassini.
Posted on 7/12/17 at 11:33 am to DavidTheGnome
It completed the flyby: LINK
Here's another link as well: LINK
NASA link: LINK
I can't wait for all of the pictures to transmit and be published
Here's another link as well: LINK
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Juno approached closest to Jupiter's center on July 10 at 9:55 p.m. EDT (0155 on July 11 GMT), at which point the probe was just 2,200 miles (3,500 kilometers) above the planet's visible cloud tops. After 11 minutes and 33 seconds, Juno passed directly above the Great Red Spot at a height of 5,600 miles (9,000 km). This flyby came as part of Juno's sixth science orbit around the planet; the next close flyby will occur Sept.
NASA link: LINK
I can't wait for all of the pictures to transmit and be published
This post was edited on 7/12/17 at 11:39 am
Posted on 7/12/17 at 11:45 am to DavidTheGnome
Posted on 7/12/17 at 11:48 am to DavidTheGnome
shite, kids these days have no idea how great the Great Red Spot was in my day.
This post was edited on 7/12/17 at 11:50 am
Posted on 7/12/17 at 11:53 am to DavidTheGnome
Man, I love threads like this!
Posted on 7/12/17 at 12:29 pm to DavidTheGnome
I'd like to see landers and rovers going to the four Galilean moons, Triton around Neptune, another one to Titan around Saturn, Mercury, and another shot at Venus.
Posted on 7/12/17 at 12:32 pm to DavidTheGnome
I really wish I could go inside Jupiter. I bet it is the living equivalent of a nightmare.
This post was edited on 7/12/17 at 12:35 pm
Posted on 7/12/17 at 12:37 pm to MontyFranklyn
Basically. It is like one huge liquid metallic hydrogen ocean and makes a huge magnet. It is also so hot, nothing can survive. Honestly, I don't see the advantage of exploring it. Our time and money could be spent on other telescopes and research so we can explore the universe.
Posted on 7/12/17 at 1:08 pm to AUCE05
As a kid I had the theory that there was an alien civilization in the middle. I missed my calling with the tin foil hats
Posted on 7/12/17 at 1:10 pm to DavidTheGnome
FAKE!
J/k that's cool. The pictures are awesome. Makes you think just how little we know.
J/k that's cool. The pictures are awesome. Makes you think just how little we know.
Posted on 7/12/17 at 1:12 pm to DavidTheGnome
Looks like my old lady's nipple.
Posted on 7/12/17 at 1:16 pm to MontyFranklyn
This was a really great read if you were somehow able to go inside Jupiter
LINK
LINK
This post was edited on 7/12/17 at 1:18 pm
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