Comments on: The first Juno picture of Jupiter from orbit https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-first-juno-picture-of-jupiter-from-orbit/ Wed, 13 Jul 2016 19:00:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: wodun https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-first-juno-picture-of-jupiter-from-orbit/#comment-914173 Wed, 13 Jul 2016 19:00:01 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=40377#comment-914173 Can’t say it enough times, the animated gifs should be amazing.

]]> By: Localfluff https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-first-juno-picture-of-jupiter-from-orbit/#comment-914152 Wed, 13 Jul 2016 18:09:53 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=40377#comment-914152 Galileo had 0.5 degrees field of view while Junocam has something like 18 degrees. But 300 times closer still beats that. And with 20 years newer imaging technology. The great spot will look greater than ever.

]]> By: Alex https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-first-juno-picture-of-jupiter-from-orbit/#comment-914081 Wed, 13 Jul 2016 12:00:26 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=40377#comment-914081 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWKlZRqXTkY

]]> By: Alex https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-first-juno-picture-of-jupiter-from-orbit/#comment-914040 Wed, 13 Jul 2016 08:29:11 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=40377#comment-914040 Juno is at present 3.3 million miles away from Jupiter and will go out to 5 million miles before returning on its ellipse to Jupiter. S/C is “beneath” orbital planes of large moons and looks back from below. Its velocity is 8,990 miles/hour relative to Jupiter.

]]> By: Localfluff https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-first-juno-picture-of-jupiter-from-orbit/#comment-913979 Wed, 13 Jul 2016 03:13:59 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=40377#comment-913979 Great! Galileo took this image of the Great Red Spot from about 1,500,000 km distance:
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/planetary/jupiter/gal_redspot_960822.jpg
Juno will get 300 times closer!

Io is the same size as our Moon, and at the same distance from Jupiter. We could see volcanic eruptions on the Moon with our naked eyes. I read somewhere that imaging of Io is planned. To me it is the visually most fantastic object in the Solar system. A yellow moon with constantly active sulfur volcanoes. It’s sad that no mission to it is even ever mentioned.

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