Posted on 09/30/2022 11:54:31 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The Juno space probe has sent back the first image it captured as it flew by Jupiter's icy moon Europa, the sixth-largest moon in our solar system. Europa is a little smaller than our own satellite and is believed to host a salty ocean below its miles-thick ice shell.
Juno launched from Cape Canaveral on August 5, 2011, and entered Jupiter's orbit on July 5, 2016. In 2021, the probe sent back its first images of Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon. During the flyby of Europa on September 29, the probe came within about 219 miles of the icy moon. It was only the third close pass below 310 miles altitude and represents the closest look at Europa since NASA's Galileo buzzed Europa in 2000.
The probe did not have much time to waste as it zipped by the moon at about 14.7 miles per second, or 52,920 mph. Its onboard JunoCam focused on a region north of the moon's equator called Annwn Regio.
The probe did not have much time to waste as it zipped by the moon at about 14.7 miles per second, or 52,920 mph. Its onboard JunoCam focused on a region north of the moon's equator called Annwn Regio
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She looks as young as I remember her from High School!
I was 14, she was 12
Father traveled, hers as well
Europa
Great song, great album.
Then there’s the Joe Biden version:
I was 30, she was 12
Father traveled, hers as well
All these are yours, save Europa. Make no landings here.
I see the new construction on Europa now.
I don't see no monolith.
Yeah, the Blockbuster’s gone now.
Dolby
Classic
Blink of an eye...
“All these worlds are yours. Except Europa. Attempt no landing there.”
They're saying that the Europa salt water is less salty than the salt water seas on Earth.
All these worlds are yours except Europa. Attempt no landing there. Use them together, use them in peace.
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