Juno gets highest-resolution close-up of Jupiter's moonEuropa NASAJPL
The highest-resolution photo NASA's Juno mission has ever taken of a specific portion of Jupiter's moon Europa reveals a detailed view of a puzzling region of the moon's heavily fractured icy crust.
Juno's Stellar Reference Unit —a star camera used to orient the spacecraft—obtained the black-and-white image during the spacecraft's flyby of Europa on Sept. 29, 2022, at a distance of about 256 miles . With a resolution that ranges from 840 to 1,115 feet per pixel, the image was captured as Juno raced past at about 15 miles per second over a part of the surface that was in nighttime, dimly lit by"Jupiter shine"—sunlight reflecting off Jupiter's cloud tops.
"This image is unlocking an incredible level of detail in a region not previously imaged at such resolution and under such revealing illumination conditions," said Heidi Becker, the lead co-investigator for the SRU."The team's use of a star-tracker camera for science is a great example of Juno's groundbreaking capabilities. These features are so intriguing.
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