Science Findings
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06.01.21
Juno Pelted by Dust as it Passes Through Jupiter’s Ring Plane
Orbiting dust grains from Jupiter’s rings detected as they slowly spiral into Jupiter’s atmosphere.
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06.01.21
Juno Spacecraft Doubles as an Interplanetary Dust Detector
Juno provides first radial profile of interplanetary dust and Mars is the source.
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12.03.20
Jupiter’s Wind-blown Magnetic Field
Jupiter’s magnetic field is changing in time and its atmospheric winds are likely responsible for this variation.
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12.03.20
JunoCam Monitors Evolution of Circumpolar Cyclones
Juno discovered 8 cyclones positioned in the form of an octagon around the north pole and 5 forming a pentagon around the south pole.
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12.03.20
Juno Discovers “Shallow Lightning” Above Jupiter’s Water Cloud
Jovian lightning was thought to originate in deep liquid water clouds but has been observed in high altitude shallow clouds filled with an ammonia-water solution by Juno’s star camera.
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12.03.20
Juno Measures Deep Water Abundance At Jupiter’s Equator
Water and ammonia are not well mixed in Jupiter’s atmosphere even at depths below their condensation levels.
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12.02.20
Surprising North-South Asymmetry in Jupiter’s Magnetic Field
Jupiter’s magnetic field is more complex in the northern hemisphere and its North-South asymmetry is likely due to interior structure
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08.20.20
Jupiter's Atmospheric Jet Streams
Scientists discovered that the depth of Jupiter’s atmospheric jet streams span far deeper than they imagined.
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08.20.20
Juno's Detects Jupiter Lightning at Many Wavelengths
Jupiter produces lightning at multiple wavelengths, similar to the lightning we experience on Earth.
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08.20.20
Juno Discovers New Radiation bELT vERY clOSE tO jUPITER
Unlike particles observed by Galileo Probe 20 years ago, Juno discovered a new radiation belt resting just above Jupiter’s atmosphere.
