Europa Flyby - PJ45, September 29, 2022 |
Europa Flyby - PJ45, September 29, 2022 |
Sep 13 2022, 02:58 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1276 Joined: 25-November 04 Member No.: 114 |
Juno is set to flyby of Europa on Sept. 29, 2022 (PJ45)
I can't wait to see the results of this flyby! Sadly not much information is available online. Jason Has a beautiful animation of encounter on youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9bx1GcoqEE...nel=volcanopele |
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Sep 29 2022, 09:11 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 316 Joined: 1-October 06 Member No.: 1206 |
Fantastic relief details near the terminator!
There seem to be two large but shallow north-south trending but broad 'troughs' roughly midway through the illuminated half of the disk. Are these real, or just imaging artifacts? P |
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Sep 29 2022, 09:31 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 706 Joined: 3-December 04 From: Boulder, Colorado, USA Member No.: 117 |
They're real- Paul Schenk has called them "crop circles", and they tend to follow small (not great) circles. Very interesting and odd features. They're visible on the Galileo mosaic.
Congratulations to the Juno team! John |
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