Nasa's Jupiter mission Juno reveals giant polar storms

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Source: BBC

Nasa's Jupiter mission Juno reveals giant polar storms

By Victoria Gill
Science correspondent, BBC News, Washington DC

13 December 2018

Nasa's Juno mission to the gas giant Jupiter has reached its halfway mark and has revealed new views of cyclones at the poles.

As it orbits the planet every 53 days - Juno performs a science-gathering dive, speeding from pole to pole.

Its sensors take measurements of the composition of the planet, in an effort to decipher how the largest world in our Solar System formed.

Mapping the magnetic and gravity fields should also expose Jupiter's structure.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46547904


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