Juno Artist Concept (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Juno Artist Concept

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This illustration depicts NASA's Juno spacecraft in orbit above Jupiter. From its unique polar orbit, Juno will repeatedly dive between the planet and its intense belts of charged particle radiation, coming only about 3,000 miles (5,000 kilometers) from the cloud tops at closest approach.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech

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