30 Dec, 2022
By FactsWow Team
NASA's Juno mission spacecraft completed its 47th close pass of Jupiter on December 14.
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The image of the giant's volcanic moon Io was captured by the Spacecraft's JunoCam on December 14. It has a distance of about 40,000 miles which is 64,000 kilometers.
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Io is the volcanically active world in the solar system. It's over 400 active volcanoes. It is one of the innermost of the four Galilean moons of Jupiter, and it's the fourth-largest moon in the solar system.
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Io's surface is covered with sulfur and sulfur dioxide frost. It is being reshaped by intense volcanic activity.
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Volcanism is driven by tidal heating from the gravitational pull of Jupiter and the Galilean moons Europa and Ganymede. Tidal heating produces a large heat released through volcanism.
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The moon's volcanism is managed by its bright yellow and orange colors. It is a unique atmosphere that is composed of sulfur dioxide.
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On January 22, 2023, the Juno spacecraft, the most distant orbiter of NASA, was set to make its closest approach to Jupiter.
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The probe will keep studying the biggest planet in the solar system until September 2025 or until the end of its mission.
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After the 47th flyby of Jupiter, the solar-powered orbiter had difficulty sending its science data to mission controllers; they put it into safe mode.
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On December 23, NASA reported that the spacecraft was regaining its memory. It should be out of safe mode in approximately one week.
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