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“ We’re going to put on the planet with radiation levels scariest Solar System ” says Heidi Beck of the Juno mission. Tomorrow July 4, USA . Wants to celebrate the independence day reaching Jupiter with this ship designed by NASA

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with over 300 times more massive than Earth, Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System and one of the most dangerous. This behemoth turns around on itself every 10 hours, which contributes to a huge magnetic field in which the electrons are trapped and function as bullets for anything that comes close. Juno will be the first spacecraft to orbit the planet on its poles and can solve key questions about the origin of the solar system and the formation of the Earth.

“Jupiter is key, was the first planet that was formed in the Solar System, is the first step towards us, “says Scott Brown, principal investigator of Juno.

the interior of this planet and its origin remains a mystery four centuries after the first scientific observations of the planet that made Galileo. Jupiter has more matter than all the other planets, asteroids and comets together. In fact, it is more like a star, because its two main components are hydrogen and helium, like the sun.

“Jupiter absorbed most of the leftover gas and dust remaining after the formation of the Sun and then the other planets formed, that is, we, the Earth, are the leftovers of the leftovers from the solar system, “Brown said.

the ship It is scheduled to arrive at 20:35 July 4th Pacific time. From then begin orbiting the planet in order to study for less than two years.

One of the biggest questions that proposes to answer the mission is whether, after the thick atmosphere of the gas giant beyond its intermediate layer of liquid hydrogen, there is a core made of heavy elements, the basic ingredients with which the Earth formed, Mars and other rocky planets.

Jupiter contains many more clues to understand the solar system.

Shortly after its formation may migrate throught Jupiter as a huge wrecking ball that would have destroyed the early embryos of rocky planets, but also making it habitable. There are experts who think their core is slowly disappearing and, when Juno comes, could have completely disappeared. And beyond this planet it is key to understanding the evolution of most planets have been discovered beyond our solar system.

“ Let’s look inside the planet and see its composition “Scott says. If indeed there is a solid core, this “means that already had rocks before there were planets in the solar system and Jupiter began to form from them,” explains the scientist. The other possibility is that the heart of the planet is empty and therefore more like a star.