{"id":12819,"date":"2016-06-27T15:23:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T19:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12819"},"modified":"2016-06-27T15:29:49","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T19:29:49","slug":"juno-nears-jupiter-for-july-4th-orbit-insertion-jupiter-images-from-esos-very-large-telescope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12819","title":{"rendered":"Juno nears Jupiter for July 4th orbit insertion + Jupiter images from ESO’s Very Large Telescope"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASA’s Juno spacecraft<\/a>, which launched on August 5, 2011,\u00a0will arrive\u00a0at Jupiter on July 4th. It will then\u00a0fire its engine to go into a polar orbit around the solar system’s largest planet: \u00a0NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Closing in on Jupiter –\u00a0NASA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Juno took this picture<\/a> of Jupiter’s Moons on June 21:<\/p>\n

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NASA’s Juno spacecraft obtained this color view on June 21, 2016, at a distance of 6.8 million miles (10.9 million kilometers) from Jupiter. As Juno makes its initial approach, the giant planet’s four largest moons — Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto — are visible, and the alternating light and dark bands of the planet’s clouds are just beginning to come into view. Credits: NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/MSSS [Larger image<\/a>]<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>Here is a video overview of\u00a0the project:<\/p>\n