Sentences with phrase «jovian orbit»
Poised to enter Jovian orbit on July 4, the NASA spacecraft is set to probe the gas giant's deepest mysteries
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Evidence for Jovian seas comes from the Galileo spacecraft, which has orbited Jupiter since 1995 and periodically swoops near its moons.
The overall plan, currently known as the Europa Jupiter System Mission, or EJSM, includes a NASA spacecraft dubbed the Jupiter Europa Orbiter (JEO), which would settle into orbit around Europa after conducting a broader tour of the Jovian environs.
Long - term observations of slight changes in the orbits of Jupiter's satellites provide information about the Jovian gravitational field and the distribution of mass inside the planet.
During its capture into orbit Juno passed just 4,490 kilometers above the Jovian cloud tops, so close that the planet filled half its sky.
The Jovian system is a busy place: Jupiter has a very strong magnetic field, a faint ring system and over 60 rocky moons orbiting around it.
Since then several other Jovian - sized planets have been found orbiting other Sun - like planets.
Stallard and his team will be taking advantage of the Juno spacecraft currently in orbit around Jupiter, particularly the observations of Jupiter's aurora and upper atmosphere by the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument.
Enceladus is often overshadowed by its larger distant cousin, Europa, which orbits Jupiter and the Jovian moon's awesome potential has been widely publicized.
Sen — The Gemini Planet Imager Exoplanet Survey has discovered a young Jovian planet orbiting in the triple star system 51 Eridani.
The Galileo spacecraft remained in orbit in the Jovian system from 1995 to 2003 and observed more than 160 active volcanoes and a broad range of eruption styles.