After five years from the start of the American Juno spacecraft will enter the orbit of Jupiter – Polish Radio

Five years after the launch of the Earth US probe Juno will come on Tuesday in the morning, approx. Hrs. 5 Polish time,
orbit of Jupiter.

The aim of the mission is to understand the origin and evolution of Jupiter, looking for dense core of the planet, creating a map of the magnetic field, as well as measuring the amount of water and ammonia in the atmosphere.

 
 

Along with distributed solar Juno is the size of a basketball court. This is the first solar-powered probe sent towards Jupiter. Can develop a speed in excess of 250,000 km / h.

 

According to one of the heads of mission, Scott Bolton of the NASA maneuver to enter the orbit is very important.

 

– The reason that we change the flight path of orbitery into orbit around Jupiter. If you do not weszlibyśmy orbit of Jupiter, we can not make these measurements on which we depend – pointed.

research probe Juno will take half a year.

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