The explorer Juno sends its first pictures from orbit of Jupiter – Univisión

The color photo showed atmospheric aspects of the giant planet and three of its four moons: Io, Europa and Ganymede, she explained NASA

Juno , the NASA probe that will study the composition of Jupiter, transmitted its first pictures after entering the orbit of this planet.

Tuesday NASA released the image captured by the JunoCam at 1:30 pm ET on July 10 when the probe was 2.7 million miles (4.3 million kilometers) from Jupiter. The color photo showed atmospheric aspects of the giant planet and three of its four moons. Io, Europa and Ganymede , explained NASA

The JunoCam caught even Great Red spot , an atmospheric storm centuries of existence, Jupiter.

“This first image shows us that JunoCam (the probe) has survived without damage to your first trip through the extreme radiation surrounding Jupiter and is ready to explore the planet, “said Scott Bolton, principal investigator from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, he was quoted as saying on the website of the NASA .

“the JunoCam continue taking pictures as it moves in the first orbit,” said meanwhile Candy Hansen, one of the researchers of this mission at the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Arizona.

However, the first high-resolution images of the planet will be made on August 27 , when Juno pass again closer to Jupiter, said Hansen.

Juno probe -a nearly four tonnes entered the Jovian orbit last week after a five years. It is now in a 20-month mission to map the giant poles of the planet, its atmosphere and interior. The goal is to understand how the planet formed and evolved. Knowing this information is key for NASA, since Jupiter was probably the first planet to form and would in turn influenced the formation and evolution of the other bodies that orbit the sun.

during his mission, Juno made 37 trips in the Jovian orbit, reaching approaching a 2.600 miles (4,100 kilometers) of Jupiter, according to NASA

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