Tag: JunoCam
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See Jupiter’s Galilean moons in motion from Juno’s camera
Juno’s visible camera had a bird’s-eye view of Jupiter’s four largest moons over the last few weeks, recording the satellites in their orbital ballet around the giant planet as the spacecraft approached from above Jupiter’s north pole. Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto — Jupiter’s four Galilean moons listed from the innermost to outermost — were…
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Jupiter and its satellites seen by ‘people’s camera’ on Juno probe
The JunoCam instrument on NASA’s Juno spacecraft took this picture of Jupiter and its four largest moons June 21. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS The visible camera on NASA’s Juno spacecraft is capturing a time-lapse movie of Jupiter and its four largest moons as the orbiter dives toward the giant planet for a July 4 rendezvous, and officials…