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[volcanopele]

I know the first close Io flyby is still a couple of months away but I'm going to go ahead and start up the topic now with a few preview images that the global map from PJ55 into the pixel scale, lighting conditions, and orientation of the highest resolution images that JunoCam would take (illuminated by the sun, there's always a chance for Jupiter-shine images), based on the current reference spk and c-kernel:




This also assumes an image cadence of 1 every other rotation (so 1 per minute).

info about the encounter:

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Perijove    Date (UTC)    SC Altitude (Io, km)    SC Latitude (Io IAU, deg)    SC W Longitude (Io IAU, deg)    Vinf (Io, km/s)    Phase Angle    Magnetic Latitude of Io (Jupiter System III, deg)    E Longitude of Io (Jupiter System III, deg)    True Anomaly of Io (deg)    Separation Angle
PJ57    12/30/2023 08:36:00.681    1500.021    63.694    94.641    30.047    108.885    3.418    228.269    248.805    21.175

[volcanopele]

Full set of six:



Plus a nice bonus color anaglyph

[john_s]

Plus a nice bonus color anaglyph

Wow- there's real stereo information on those big mountains- nice job, Jason!

Has the camera performance actually improved since PJ56? It looks like it.

John

[mcaplinger]

Has the camera performance actually improved since PJ56? It looks like it.

Yes, certainly.

Buried in the Facebook comments from NASA Solar System Exploration:

After Juno's last close pass by Jupiter in November, JunoCam's performance was severely degraded by radiation damage. Using its built-in heater, the camera was warmed to a temperature of about 65C (150F) for several weeks in December, a process called "annealing", and this treatment has restored camera function, at least for this pass.

Credit to Jamie Carter at Forbes.com for actually finding that comment and reporting it.