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Nasa's Jupiter mission Juno reveals giant polar storms
By Victoria Gill
Science correspondent, BBC News, Washington DC
13 December 2018
NASA / SWRI / MSSS / GERALD EICHSTÄDT / SEÁN DORAN
People have downloaded the raw images of Jupiter and processed them, often revealing new details of its surface
Nasa's Juno mission to the gas giant Jupiter has reached its halfway mark and has revealed new views of cyclones at the poles.
As it orbits the planet every 53 days - Juno performs a science-gathering dive, speeding from pole to pole.
Its sensors take measurements of the composition of the planet, in an effort to decipher how the largest world in our Solar System formed.
Mapping the magnetic and gravity fields should also expose Jupiter's structure.
More:
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46547904
