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New images of Jupiter

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428 points 0xFACEFEED | 1 comments | 06 Nov 24 07:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.228s | source
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JoeAltmaier ◴[06 Nov 24 12:28 UTC] No.42061164[source]▶
Juno was something about radar - penetrating the cloud layers to see what was below.

In college my son worked on the FFT engine that processed the radar data. He has code circling Jupiter!

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1. KWxIUElW8Xt0tD9 ◴[06 Nov 24 13:20 UTC] No.42061862[source]▶
I worked with a guy once back in the 80s who did the radar preamp on Pioneer Venus I believe it was. Very bright individual.