* Astronomy

Public Lecture: Mission to Jupiter: What's Inside the Giant Planet?

Prof. Fran Bagenal, Laboratory of Atmospheric & Space Physics, University of Colorado, USA

NASA's JUNO mission was launched in August 2011 and will go into orbit over Jupiter's poles in about 5 years time. JUNO carries instruments that will probe Jupiter's deep interior and measure the amount of water - a key component of solar system evolution. JUNO is the first spacecraft to fly over Jupiter's aurora and will measure both the energetic particles raining down on the planet and the bright 'northern & southern lights' which they excite.
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