Since we posted our PJ60 report on May 3, Gerald Eichstädt has made map projections of the Io images, which I have assembled into preliminary global maps of the volcanic moon, for PJ60 and for all of Juno’s recent flybys. They are presented in the attached supplemental report, and in an accompanying ZIP file. Thus we present the most complete JunoCam map of Io, and show the dramatic effects of the huge eruption of the Nusku volcano, which occurred between PJ58 and PJ60. --John Rogers
Here's our report on the PJ60 images. PJ60 (on 2024 April 9) began with a medium-range flyby of Io, which revealed more volcanic activity than JunoCam has hitherto seen, including four active plumes on the limb, and a spectacular new red ring around a far-southerly caldera. Moving on to Jupiter, JunoCam produced a complete map of the planet, at a time when it had almost ceased to be visible to ground-based observers. Although north polar images were again impaired by Jupiter’s radiation belt, four circumpolar cyclones were fully imaged. --John Rogers.
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Here are the full-size Io maps from the supplemental report.
Since we posted our PJ60 report on May 3, Gerald Eichstädt has made map projections of the Io images, which I have assembled into preliminary global maps of the volcanic moon, for PJ60 and for all of Juno’s recent flybys. They are presented in the attached supplemental report, and in an accompanying ZIP file. Thus we present the most complete JunoCam map of Io, and show the dramatic effects of the huge eruption of the Nusku volcano, which occurred between PJ58 and PJ60. --John Rogers
Here are the full-size figures for the PJ60 report (including unlabelled versions of some Jupiter maps).
Here's our report on the PJ60 images. PJ60 (on 2024 April 9) began with a medium-range flyby of Io, which revealed more volcanic activity than JunoCam has hitherto seen, including four active plumes on the limb, and a spectacular new red ring around a far-southerly caldera. Moving on to Jupiter, JunoCam produced a complete map of the planet, at a time when it had almost ceased to be visible to ground-based observers. Although north polar images were again impaired by Jupiter’s radiation belt, four circumpolar cyclones were fully imaged. --John Rogers.