JUNO REACHES JUPITER!!!! Importance of Mission
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JUNO into Jupiter's orbit, Credits to NASA |
So why is Jupiter so important?
Curiosity kills the cat, which was killing us previously! Jupiter is the fifth planet in the Solar System and the largest of all the currently known planets. It is massive and its gigantic structure can be figured out in a way of comparison with the other planets in this way: The mass of the Jupiter is more than 2 and a half times of the mass of all the planets combined. Or it can be viewed as the mass of the Jupiter equals the mass of 318 Earths, and the volume equals 1321 Earths.![]() |
Jupiter with its Red Eye |
Day is saved, thanks to JUNO!
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JUNO's Infographic by NASA |
Related: Top reasons for Juno's Success
Reaching Jupiter
JUNO reached Jupiter on 4th of July 2016 after a journey of five years giving world a shock and created a sense of excitement in the minds of scientists and people who love studying about them.Diane Brown, a project manager from NASA's JPL (Jet Propulsion Lab) says:
This was one the hardest mission, as said by one of the officials of NASA, which gave them a headache in stabilizing the mission and somehow making it a success which now they did it."To know we can go to bed tonight not worrying about what is going to happen tomorrow, is just amazing."
What will it answer?
As you all know that Jupiter looks like a marble because it has a mixed composition of gases absorbing different spectrum of light which gives it a unique appearance. This mission will give us many answers which seemed to be boggling in our heads for a very long time. It will give us data which will tell us:- About the formation of Jupiter;
- Oxygen to Hydrogen ratio;
- Abundance of water;
- Estimation of Jupiter's core mass;
- Mapping magnetic field of Jupiter to understand and know how deep in this Jupiter is this field created;
- Mapping gravitational field of Jupiter which could tell us about its physical properties;
- Atmospheric variation and climate;
- Learning about the Jupiter's Auroras and Magnetosphere.
So, yeah it will get interesting in the near future and we'll know if there are aliens on Jupiter, so we may contact them and share our food with each other. Just kidding! More news to come, related to the building and importance of Juno.
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