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New images of Jupiter

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428 points 0xFACEFEED | 2 comments | 06 Nov 24 07:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.462s | source
1. magicalhippo ◴[06 Nov 24 09:15 UTC] No.42058427[source]▶
JunoCam[1] is not a scientific instrument on Juno. It was added just to make cool images like this for us to enjoy. I for one is happy for that.

Of course, data is data so there is some science planned using it.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JunoCam

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2. -5m ◴[06 Nov 24 09:27 UTC] No.42058571[source]▶
This should be a thing on more future space missions. Cant wait for the images of Europa Clipper!