The first data of Jupiter from Juno probe

On Earth received the first data from the Jupiter probe Juno, which was launched in 2011 to the year and managed to fly to the planet in 2016. The most important discovery was that the planet’s magnetic field was much more powerful than astronomers previously believed. The value of the magnetic field equals 7,766 Gauss, which is almost two times stronger than previously estimated and about 10 times stronger than Earth. In some places the magnetic field of a giant stronger, some weaker, according to scientists.

Juno also sent to Earth images of the poles of Jupiter with the bright spots, which are powerful cyclones. At the North pole, the diameter is 1.4 thousand kilometers, and on the South 1 thousands.

Juno managed to fix the ring (not as powerful as the Saturn, but they are of Jupiter as well) and record and music of Jupiter, which appear as a result of the interaction of the magnetic field with the solar wind.


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