The space probe Juno is about to discover, in the next 18 months during their mission, the enigmas of Jupiter , to be placed successfully in orbit after almost five years of travel and cost thousand 100 million dollars.
the National Aeronautics and Space ( NASA ) in the United States reported that the Juno probe reached its final destination, to be placed successfully in Jupiter’s orbit after a journey that began with its launch on August 5, 2011 from the base of the US Air Force Cape Canaveral, Florida.
NASA received on Monday a sign of Juno at 20:53 local time (4:45 GMT Tuesday), which announced the end of a complicated maneuver of 35 minutes, in which he burned fuel to slow down and stay in the orbit desired around Jupiter.
Upon receipt of the signal, joy overflowed in the center of mission operations at the jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA in Pasadena, California.
the start orbiting the biggest raises the solar system was consummated after a maneuver that consumed 35 minutes, and that included the braking down of the engines, with the purpose of the probe was sucked into the orbit.
Juno is the second spacecraft placed in orbit around Jupiter, the largest planet in the Solar System , after the Galileo spacecraft NASA spent eight years collecting data on topography the planet and its many moons.
However, Galileo lacked the tools and technology available to Juno to try to determine what lies beneath the extensive layers of gas clouds covering Jupiter.
astronomers believe Jupiter may have been the first planet was formed, and is believed to have the keys to understanding the origins of our solar system.
the information will specify the amount of water it contains and confirm or refute the possible presence of a rocky core, which could reveal when Jupiter formed and provide clues about the formation of other planets.
the Juno spacecraft will remain for a year in Jupiter’s orbit, to study how the planet formed and investigate the source of critical elements like helium and hydrogen, and compounds like water and methane.
essential information is expected to know how the Earth was formed, the solar system and even life in the form as we know, experts NASA
data Jupiter.
Jupiter is 11 times wider than Earth and 300 times more massive.
a year on Jupiter are 12 years away from Earth, but one day of that planet is 10 hours in ours.
Under pressure, the hydrogen becomes a fluid conductor of electricity.
This metallic hydrogen can be the source of the magnetic field.
most of the clouds at the top have ammonia and hydrogen sulfide.
the stripes of Jupiter were created by strong winds ranging from east to west.
the Great Red Spot is a whirlwind of a giant storm that is twice the width of the Earth.
the conquest of Jupiter began Monday with the insertion of Juno into orbit, in a large elliptical that will take 53 days to complete.
in mid-October there will be a second “brake” to reduce the orbit to 14 days.
During the 37 orbits that take place in total, Juno will not happen at any time by the shadow Jupiter, a necessary measure to prevent a loss of electrical power and excessive contrast in temperatures. In principle each orbit should be identical to the previous one, but Jupiter is not a perfect sphere and is flattened at the poles. This causes a precession of the orbit, ie, Juno will pass close to Jupiter in a different position each time.
This is when it really starts to uncover the secrets of the giant.
the Juno mission will end on February 20, 2018, when it is expected that the probe will crash into Jupiter.
Lockheed Martin space Systems in Denver built the spacecraft.
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