Juno probe is transmitted to Earth the first images of Jupiter – Lenta.ru

The American space probe Juno (Jupiter Polar Orbiter) transmitted to Earth the first after arriving at the gas giant Jupiter system images and his companions. On Wednesday, 13 July, according to the NASA website.

According to Scott scientist Bolton of Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, the successful functioning of the system shows that the probe survived the extreme conditions in Jupiter without problems system, in particular, increased radiation exposure.

The new image was acquired on Sunday, July 10 at 5:30 GMT (8:30 MSK). The device was at a distance of 4.3 million kilometers from Jupiter. On the color image shows details of the planet’s atmosphere, including the Great Red Spot. Also in the photo are three of the four largest moons -. Io, Europa and Ganymede

The first high-resolution images will be taken on August 27 when Juno will make its next rapprochement with Jupiter

June 5th. Juno to Jupiter station arrived. The journey from the Earth to the largest planet in the solar system of the station took about five years. It is reported by NASA.

The unit will rotate around the gas giant elliptical orbit at a distance of five thousand kilometers from its atmosphere (on average). During the Earth year is planned 33 orbits around Jupiter, Juno with a period of 14 days each. The mission task is to study clouds and auroras of Jupiter. With Juno, scientists hope to learn more about the origin of the world, the structure and physical properties of its atmosphere and magnetosphere

Juno is named after the Greek-Roman goddess of marriage and birth of Juno -. Sister and wife of Jupiter. The probe was launched on 5 August 2011 from the spaceport at Cape Canaveral using rocket Atlas V. The device is manufactured by Lockheed Martin and managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, located in Pasadena.

Juno mission will be one of the shortest for the American space agency. It should be completed in February 2018 flooding of the station in the atmosphere of the gas giant. Scientists thus expect to prevent biological material from Earth to Jupiter’s moons, in the under-ice oceans which allowed the existence of life.