So far the mission has produced information on Io, Ganymede and Europa.
NASA’s Juno mission already brought us much data on the moons Ganymede and Europa. Now, according toby the agency published on Wednesday, the spacecraft is exploring one more of Jupiter’s moons: Io. Io is notably the most volcanic place in the solar system.
“The team is really excited to have Juno’s extended mission include the study of Jupiter’s moons. With each close flyby, we have been able to obtain a wealth of new information,” said Juno Principal Investigator Scott Bolton of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio., but we’ve been thrilled at how well they can perform double duty by observing Jupiter’s moons.”
“When we combined the MWR data with the surface images, we found the differences between these various terrain types are not just skin deep,” said Bolton.“Young, bright terrain appears colder than dark terrain, with the coldest region sampled being the city-sized impact crater Tros.
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