After five years of Juno probe to Jupiter hits – Virtual Poland

• Five years after the launch of the Earth US probe Juno / dim. Ju-no / will come tomorrow in the morning [July 5 about 5:00 Polish time] into orbit
 Jupiter
 • He has carefully studied the history and composition of the largest planet in our solar system
 

With the spread 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. The aim of the mission is to understand the origin and evolution.

Jupiter, the search 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. According to one of the heads of mission, Scott Bolton of the NASA maneuver to enter the orbit is very important. “It is because 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. ” Research Juno probe will last a year and half.
 

Also see: Juno probe will investigate the atmosphere of Jupiter