Juno Perijove 60, April 9, 2024 |
Juno Perijove 60, April 9, 2024 |
Apr 11 2024, 08:04 PM
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First batch of Io images from PJ60 have been posted on missionjuno.
-------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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Apr 22 2024, 01:17 AM
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Apr 22 2024, 04:59 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 251 Joined: 14-January 22 Member No.: 9140 |
Great work by those who processed the images on this and previous flybys.
To an extent, this seems to end the lion's share of the value that Juno will ever provide. There are more perijoves and perhaps – hopefully – some powerful new science will result, but clearly the great majority of the gravity science that would ever be coming has already been collected, and the best of the Io imagery is already in hand. Whether Juno has more surprises in store or not, this has been a great mission, to some extent making up for the bad luck of the Galileo Probe missing the clouds almost 30 years ago. I still remember the key orbital burn that happened to be right before July 4 fireworks in 2016, and so many of the people who read this board and many more who don't did phenomenal work to make this mission superb. Maybe the ammonia mushballs are the most visceral discovery; perhaps the diffuseness of the core is the most important. The satellite imagery and all of those cloud images have been an incredible science bonus from a supposedly PR-only instrument. What a great ride, and even if it is mainly all behind us, it filled in wonderfully until the next two missions get to the jovian system in about 6 years. |
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