Juno just raced by Europa, providing our best look in 20 years at the icy world

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Juno just raced by Europa, providing our best look in 20 years at the icy world

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From Ars Technica:
"On Thursday morning, NASA's Juno spacecraft swooped down to within 358 km of the surface of Europa, the large, ice-encrusted Moon that orbits Jupiter."

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/09 ... uing-moon/

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Re: Juno just raced by Europa, providing our best look in 20 years at the icy world

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Thanks Steve!

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Re: Juno just raced by Europa, providing our best look in 20 years at the icy world

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Nice detail.
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