NASA’s Juno completes first flyby of Jupiter
AUG 30, 2016
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.0210071
Business Insider : On 27 August NASA’s Juno spacecraft performed its first flyby of Jupiter. In doing so, the probe reached 130 000 mph (209 214 km/h), the top speed ever attained by a human-made object. Juno began collecting a range of measurements and also took pictures—the first close-ups of the giant planet since 2007, when New Horizons passed by on its way to Pluto. by the end of 2016, Juno‘s highly elliptical orbit around Jupiter will bring the probe close to the planet every 14 days for the next 16 months.
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