Juno completes Jupiter’s Great Red Spot flyby

    • Publish Date: Jul 13 2017 12:55PM
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    • Updated Date: Jul 13 2017 1:00PM
Juno completes Jupiter’s Great Red Spot flyby

Six years since the Juno spacecraft started its journey, it has completed a close flyby directly over Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, NASA has confirmed. This was humanity’s first up-close and personal view of the gigantic feature, US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) confirmed. The $1.1-billion mission will provide answers to many questions about Jupiter, and help reveal some secrets about other planets in our solar system, including Earth, according to NASA. 


WHAT IS THE GREAT RED SPOT?
 
The so-called ‘Great Red Spot’ is a violent storm, which, in the late 1800s was estimated to be about 40,000 km in diameter – wide enough for three Earths to fit side by side. 
2 The biggest in the solar system, it appears as a deep red orb surrounded by layers of pale yellow, orange and white.
3Winds inside the storm have been measured at several hundreds of miles per hour, NASA astronomers said. 

NASA’S JUNO MISSION 
 
  • The Juno probe reached Jupiter last year after a five-year, 1.8 billion-mile journey from Earth.
  • Following a successful braking manoeuvre, it has entered into a long polar orbit flying to within 5,000 km of the planet’s swirling cloud tops. 
  • The probe will skim to within just 4,200 km of the planet’s clouds once a fortnight – too close to provide global coverage in a single image.
  • No previous spacecraft has orbited so close to Jupiter, although two others have been sent plunging to their destruction through its atmosphere.
  • To complete its risky mission, Juno will have to survive a circuit-frying radiation storm generated by Jupiter’s powerful magnetic field. nTo cope with the conditions, the spacecraft is protected with special radiation-hardened wiring and sensor shielding.

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Khushi Pandit VIDYA NIKETAN

Well done NASA!!!

Annada Dash KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA ONGC PANVEL

Congratulations to NASA, never thought they will have success in this.

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