Posted on Oct 3, 2022
APOD: 2022 October 3 - Jupiters Europa from Spacecraft Juno
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Good morning, Rallypoint, and welcome to the October 3rd edition of Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD): "Jupiter's Europa from Spacecraft Juno." As you may remember from past APODs, Juno arrived at Jupiter on July 4, 2016 and settled into a 53-day polar orbit of the planet. So with 53 days to spare, there are certainly alot of sights to take in.
This image of the Jovian moon Europa was released this week. Juno passed within 325 kilometers (~203 miles) to capture this shot. If you think it is difficult to thread a needle, consider this: at its closest point, Jupiter can be 365 million miles from Earth. The 203 miles between Juno and Europa is .0000556% of that distance. To put it another way: if the distance between Earth and Jupiter is one mile, the distance between Juno and Europa was about 3 1/2 inches. Threading a needle indeed. And look at the results.
This image of the Jovian moon Europa was released this week. Juno passed within 325 kilometers (~203 miles) to capture this shot. If you think it is difficult to thread a needle, consider this: at its closest point, Jupiter can be 365 million miles from Earth. The 203 miles between Juno and Europa is .0000556% of that distance. To put it another way: if the distance between Earth and Jupiter is one mile, the distance between Juno and Europa was about 3 1/2 inches. Threading a needle indeed. And look at the results.
APOD: 2022 October 3 - Jupiters Europa from Spacecraft Juno
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Europa & Samba Pa Ti - Santana - Live at Montreux
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Thank you my space-exploration advocate friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the October 3, 2022 Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD): Jupiters Europa from Spacecraft Juno.
Image: Jupiter's Europa from Spacecraft Juno
Image Credit & License: NASA, JPL-Caltech, SwRI, MSSS; Processing: Andrea Luck
APOD background Explanation: What mysteries might be solved by peering into this crystal ball? In this case, the ball is actually a moon of Jupiter, the crystals are ice, and the moon is not only dirty but cracked beyond repair. Nevertheless, speculation is rampant that oceans exist under Europa's fractured ice-plains that could support life. Europa, roughly the size of Earth's Moon, is pictured here in an image taken a few days ago when the Jupiter-orbiting robotic spacecraft Juno passed within 325 kilometers of its streaked and shifting surface. Underground oceans are thought likely because Europa undergoes global flexing due to its changing gravitational attraction with Jupiter during its slightly elliptical orbit, and this flexing heats the interior. Studying Juno's close-up images may further humanity's understanding not only of Europa and the early Solar System but also of the possibility that life exists elsewhere in the universe.
Europa & Samba Pa Ti - Santana - Live at Montreux
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAsfAuvFvh8
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Image: Jupiter's Europa from Spacecraft Juno
Image Credit & License: NASA, JPL-Caltech, SwRI, MSSS; Processing: Andrea Luck
APOD background Explanation: What mysteries might be solved by peering into this crystal ball? In this case, the ball is actually a moon of Jupiter, the crystals are ice, and the moon is not only dirty but cracked beyond repair. Nevertheless, speculation is rampant that oceans exist under Europa's fractured ice-plains that could support life. Europa, roughly the size of Earth's Moon, is pictured here in an image taken a few days ago when the Jupiter-orbiting robotic spacecraft Juno passed within 325 kilometers of its streaked and shifting surface. Underground oceans are thought likely because Europa undergoes global flexing due to its changing gravitational attraction with Jupiter during its slightly elliptical orbit, and this flexing heats the interior. Studying Juno's close-up images may further humanity's understanding not only of Europa and the early Solar System but also of the possibility that life exists elsewhere in the universe.
Europa & Samba Pa Ti - Santana - Live at Montreux
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAsfAuvFvh8
FYI 2LT (Join to see) 1SG Joseph Dartey CPL Douglas Chrysler Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SFC David Reid, M.S, PHR, SHRM-CP, DTM Lt Col Charlie Brown Sgt (Join to see) A1C Pamela G Russell SPC Gary C. PO3 Edward Riddle PO3 Charles Streich SGT Jim Arnold SPC Deb Root-White SSG Michael Noll SSG William Jones CPT (Join to see) SGT Mark Anderson SSG Franklin Briant MSG Darold R.
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Thank You Brother Steve for commenting to Maj William W. "Bill" Price for posting the October 3, 2022, Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD): Jupiters Europa from Spacecraft Juno and for this outrageous music Europa & Samba Pa Ti - Santana - Live at Montreux. Very interesting stuff.
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A1C Pamela G Russell
Looks like my old bowling ball. All kidding aside, thanks for sharing this APOD.
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