roll out up , drift up . The weekend is nearly here , but before we let you go , you ’re survive to get a cavalcade of glorious Jupiter prototype as a wonderful treat .
Yes , on October 24 NASA ’s Juno space vehicle make out itseighth secretive flybyof Jupiter , returning some sensational images to Earth like it always does – and no doubt some interesting science too .
On this passing play , Juno come within 3,400 kilometer ( 2,100 miles ) of the planet . The transport of data to Earth was delay somewhat , however , as our two planets were conk out through solar conjunction , with the Sun hide communications
Now the data is coming in , and citizen scientist have been hard at workprocessingsome of the natural datum into glorious aspect of the gas giant star . The images admit pictorial matter of its storms , swirling shape , poles , and even a snap of the volcanic moon Io .
Juno is scheduled for its next cheeseparing flyby of Jupiter on December 16 . Until then , you ’ll have to make do with these epitome . And at least they ’re rather telling , eh .
