NASA’s Juno probe came as close to Jupiter – Sight

NASA’s Juno device closer to Jupiter by 4.2 thousand. Km, which was the maximum probe rapprochement with this planet.

As expected, Juno will make and transmit to Earth stunning pictures of colossal movements of atmospheric masses planet. Flying over the Jupiter in the direction from north to south, the probe was moving at a speed of more than 200 thousand. Kilometers per hour, BBC reported.

The images of Jupiter clouds in the highest resolution NASA hopes to publish next week.

One of the tasks of the expedition is to study the composition of the planet. NASA researchers hope to find out whether it has a solid core, or it is composed entirely of gas, experiencing extreme compression ratio.

Another mystery, which is calculated to solve the scientists associated with the most prominent part on the disk of the planet – the Great Red Spot of Jupiter. This is a giant hurricane that terrestrial astronomers observed for more than 350 years.

After the passage of the current Mission Control Center will send a Juno for one more round lasting 53 days. October 19 by using motors of the probe by NASA specialists intend to shorten the period of revolution around Jupiter to 14 days.

On this orbit, Juno will stay until February 2018, when it receives the command “dive” into the atmosphere of Jupiter, that will mean for her a kind of suicide.

Juno probe was launched into space in August 2011. July 5 after five years, he turned on the engine and the flight entered the gravitational field of Jupiter, and then went into orbit the gas giant, where it will remain until February 20, 2018.

The NASA reported that the left on Jupiter’s orbit Juno probe is functioning properly and has already started to transfer the signal to Earth.

Also, Juno in the period from 12 to 29 June made images of Jupiter and its four largest moons – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto; from images obtained by NASA made a video and showed a picture of Jupiter and the first made by the probe.