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Juno is in a highly elliptical orbit, which will take it within 5000km of Jupiter's cloud tops. This photo was taken from much further away than that. In shor
by nacnud 10y ago
Juno is in a highly elliptical orbit, which will take it within 5000km of Jupiter's cloud tops. This photo was taken from much further away than that. In short, check back in about a month. :)
- azernik 10y agoAgreed, and to add more detail for comparison - the current distance is around 2 million kilometers, so resolution should jump by a factor of about 500 (per dimension, not number of pixels) at closest range. EDIT: For a comparison to Hubble - at closest approach JunoCam will get 5 kilometers per pixel [1], while Hubble gets in the region of 120 kilometers per pixel [2]. So, giant jump in quality, though the field of view from up close will be limited. [1] http://planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2011/3133.html http://planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2011/3133.html [2] http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0910q/ http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0910q/
- jessriedel 10y agoCurrent distance is 2.7 million miles, or 4.3 million km, according to the NY Times caption.