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Introduction about yourself(NAME AND CLASS ONLY(FORMAL) )

We’d like to take you on a journey to Jupiter to meet Juno!!

Fifth in line from the Sun, Jupiter is, by far, the largest planet in the solar
system – more than twice as massive as all the other planets combined.

Jupiter's familiar stripes and swirls are actually cold, windy clouds of
ammonia and water, floating in an atmosphere of hydrogen and helium. It
does not have a solid surface like the sun. Jupiter’s iconic Great Red Spot
is a giant storm bigger than Earth that has raged for hundreds of years.

One spacecraft – NASA's Juno orbiter – is currently exploring this giant


world.

The spacecraft's name comes from Roman mythology. According to the


myth, the god Jupiter would hide behind clouds. But his wife, the goddess
Juno, could see through them. As in the story, the planet Jupiter is covered
with clouds. And the spacecraft Juno is looking behind the clouds to help
NASA learn what the giant planet is like

On August 5, 2011, NASA’s Juno spacecraft embarked on a 5-year journey


to Jupiter, our solar system's largest planet. Juno arrived at Jupiter on July 4,
2016, after a five-year, 1,740-million-mile journey, and settled into a 53-day
polar orbit stretching from just above Jupiter’s cloud tops to the outer
reaches of the Jovian magnetosphere.
During the prime mission’s 35 orbits of Jupiter, Juno collected more than
three terabits of science data and provided dazzling views of Jupiter and its
satellites, all processed by citizen scientists with NASA’s first-ever camera
dedicated to public outreach. Juno’s many discoveries have changed our
view of Jupiter’s atmosphere and interior. Near the end of the prime
mission, as the spacecraft’s orbit evolved, flybys of the moon Ganymede
initiated Juno’s transition into a full Jovian system explorer.
Now in its extended mission, Juno will continue its investigation of the solar
system’s largest planet through September 2025, or until the spacecraft’s
end of life.
The goal of the Juno mission is to help scientists better understand how
Jupiter and other planets began and have changed over time.
Jupiter is a type of planet called a "gas giant."
By studying Jupiter's composition, NASA can better understand the history
and composition of the solar system. With its 53 named moons plus 14
moons that don't have official names, Jupiter is like a star in a mini solar
system.. Hidden beneath Jupiter's dense clouds are the mysteries that
NASA and Juno hope to uncover

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These are the images/pictures of Jupiter sent by Juno.


Can you guess who they are? One is the Italian astronomer Galileo, known
for discovering Jupiter’s four large moons. The other two are Juno, the
goddess after whom the mission is named, and Jupiter himself. Lego Juno
is carrying a magnifying glass, which signifies her search for the truth.
Jupiter is holding a lightning bolt, and Galileo has a telescope and a mini-
Jupiter in his hands.

Juno is also carrying a plaque inscribed with some of Galileo’s writings from


1610.

You, too, can use Juno to study Jupiter using the JUNO cam.

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