NASA's Ju** sends back first view from Jupiter's orbit
 

NASA's Ju** sends back first view from Jupiter's orbit
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Ju** will eventually get closer to Jupiter than any satellite in history — but it's already sending back exciting images.*

The probe's visible-light camera, k**wn as Ju**Cam, was switched on six days after*it arrived at Jupiter.

The first image from orbit was obtained from Ju**Cam*on July 10 at 1:30 p.m. ET, when the spacecraft was 2.7 million miles from Jupiter on the outbound leg of its initial 53.5-day capture orbit,*NASA says.

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The view below, made from the first images sent back from Ju**,*depicts atmospheric features on the planet, including the Great Red Spot, as well as three of Jupiter's four largest moons: Io, Europe and Ganymede. Read more...


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