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Nasa's Juno to Remain in Current Orbit at Jupiter


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Jupiter south pole from Juno spacecraft

NASA's Juno spacecraft soared directly over Jupiter's south pole when JunoCam acquired this image on February 2, 2017 at 6:06 a.m. PT (9:06 a.m. ET), from an altitude of about 62,800 miles (101,000 kilometers) above the cloud tops.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/John Landino

NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter, which has been in orbit around the gas giant since July 4, 2016, will remain in its current 53-day orbit for the remainder of the mission.

From Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA
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