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First Image of Europa From Juno's Close Flyby
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First Image of Europa From Juno's Close Flyby

First Image of Europa From Juno's Close Flyby

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This look at the complex, ice-covered surface of Jupiter's moon Europa came from NASA's Juno mission during a close pass on Sept. 29, 2022. At closest approach, the spacecraft came within a distance of about 219 miles (352 kilometers). Juno's flyby is only the third close pass of the moon in history and the closest look any spacecraft has provided

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This look at the complex, ice-covered surface of Jupiter's moon Europa came from NASA's Juno mission during a close pass on Sept. 29, 2022. At closest approach, the spacecraft came within a distance of about 219 miles (352 kilometers). Juno's flyby is only the third close pass of the moon in history and the closest look any spacecraft has provided of Europa since Jan. 3, 2000, when NASA's Galileo came within 218 miles (351 kilometers) of the surface. Europa is the sixth-largest moon in the solar system, slightly smaller than Earth's moon. Scientists think a salty ocean lies below a miles-thick ice shell. This segment of the first image of Europa taken during this flyby by the spacecraft's JunoCam (a public-engagement camera) zooms in on a swath of Europa's surface north of the equator. Due

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