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The Juno Mission

Authors :
Glenn S. Orton
Tobias Owen
D. Gautier
Prachet Mokashi
S. K. Stephens
Jonathan I. Lunine
Steven Levin
D. J. Stevenson
Rob Thorpe
Fran Bagenal
Tristan Guillot
Andrew P. Ingersoll
William B. Hubbard
John E. P. Connerney
Scott Bolton
Richard M. Thorne
Angioletta Coradini
Jeremy Bloxham
Source :
Space Science Reviews. 213:5-37
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2017.

Abstract

Juno is a PI-led mission to Jupiter, the second mission in NASA’s New Frontiers Program. The 3625-kg spacecraft spins at 2 rpm and is powered by three 9-meter-long solar arrays that provide ∼500 watts in orbit about Jupiter. Juno carries eight science instruments that perform nine science investigations (radio science utilizes the communications antenna). Juno’s science objectives target Jupiter’s origin, interior, and atmosphere, and include an investigation of Jupiter’s polar magnetosphere and luminous aurora.

Details

ISSN :
15729672 and 00386308
Volume :
213
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Space Science Reviews
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........1423a77363493c46856efa7284114724
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-017-0429-6