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See a 360 Degree Juno-Eye View of Jupiter During an Io Eclipse – Universe Today

Yesterday, we posted some incredible photos from the Juno Probe’s 29th flyby of Jupiter. Juno is in a highly elliptical orbit. It buzzes the planet at an altitude of 4,200km and then sweeps out to 8.1 million. Completing this circuit every 53 days, Juno only …

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Yesterday, we posted some incredible photos from the Juno Probes 29th flyby of Jupiter. Juno is in a highly elliptical orbit. It buzzes the planet at an altitude of 4,200km and then sweeps out to 8.1 million. Completing this circuit every 53 days, Juno only spends 2 hours within close proximity to Jupiter reducing the probes exposure to harmful radiation of high energy particles accelerated by Jupiters magnetic field.
Io Eclipse on Jupiter from Juno Perijove 22 – NASA/JPL/Kevin Gill
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