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Jupiter orbit

Juno

Launched5 Aug 2011
Arrived4 Jul 2016
Orbitpolar, ~33 days
StatusOperating (2026); future funding uncertain

The first mission to see beneath Jupiter's clouds. It found a dilute, "fuzzy" core.

Jupiter's mass and position, refined by Juno, feed the solar-system models that Planet Nine searches rely on. Orbit drawn schematically.

Sources

  1. NASA/JPL: Juno mission
  2. NASA 3D Resources (glTF models, free to use)
See it in 3D →

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