Juno
NASA's Juno mission uses a polar Jupiter orbiter to determine how the giant planet formed and evolved, while measuring its deep atmosphere, gravity field, magnetic environment, aurorae, and magnetosphere.
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- NASA Juno missionJupiter Polar Orbiter mission
- Name
- Juno
- Status
- active
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- Description
- NASA's Juno mission uses a polar Jupiter orbiter to determine how the giant planet formed and evolved, while measuring its deep atmosphere, gravity field, magnetic environment, aurorae, and magnetosphere.
- Destination
- Long, looping polar orbit around Jupiter, diving to approximately 3,500 km above the cloud tops and extending beyond Callisto’s orbit, for studying Jupiter’s origin, interior, atmosphere, magnetic field, aurorae, and moons
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- Outcome
- Juno entered Jupiter orbit in 2016 and has returned sustained observations that refine knowledge of Jupiter's interior, atmosphere, magnetic field, aurorae, and polar environment. NASA's current mission pages continue to present Juno as an active science mission.
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- Start Date
- 2011-08-05
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Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/juno/
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- Creation Time
- July 30, 2026 at 19:43:15 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 25, 2026 at 01:49:49 UTC
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