All about the Name
The planet that Mission Juno is traveling to.
What is Jupiter?
The year Mission Juno launched.
What is 2011?
This was the main scientific goal of NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter.
What is to study Jupiter’s atmosphere, magnetic field, auroras, and internal structure?
Juno studies these dazzling polar light shows on Jupiter caused by charged particles.
What are auroras?
Pluto was reclassified as this in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union
What is a dwarf planet?
Though not essential for science, this Juno instrument was included for public outreach and education.
What is the JunoCam?
The year Mission Juno will reach Juniper
What is 2016?
Instead of using nuclear power, Juno relies on this source of energy
What is solar power?
One of the surprising discoveries Juno made at Jupiter’s poles is the presence of these polygon-shaped features.
What are cyclones?
This gentleman proved that the sun is at the center of the universe (heliocentric) vs. the popular belief that the earth was at the center of the universe (geocentric) in 1543.
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
The Origin of Mission Juno's name
What is the Roman god Jupiter's wife, Juno?
At its closest approach to Jupiter, Juno travels at speeds exceeding this many kilometers per hour.
What is 200,000 kilometers per hour?
Juno measures these two fields to investigate Jupiter’s interior.
What are gravitational and magnetic fields?
Juno’s data revealed that this part of Jupiter is diffuse and possibly partially dissolved.
What is the core?
When created, these elements on the periodic table will cause a star to go into super nova.
What is Nickel and Iron?
This instrument allows Juno to study deep beneath Jupiter’s clouds
What is the microwave radiometer (MWR)?
Juno’s original mission was scheduled to last this long after arriving at Jupiter.
What is 20 months?
This natural hazard is one of the biggest challenges Juno faces while orbiting Jupiter.
What is radiation?
This iconic feature on Jupiter is a giant storm, and Juno found it extends deep into the atmosphere.
What is the Great Red Spot?
Released in 1998, this movie sent oil drillers into space to blow up a world ending astroid, instead of simply teaching actual astronauts how to drill, which is insane! Like who in their right mind would think that it would be easier to teach blue color oil drillers who barely passed their 8th grade science class how to operate a freaking spaceship to save the world than have actual ROCKET SCIENTISTS how to break rock like a neanderthal. Good movie, pretty dumb.
What is Armageddon?
Juno sends its data to Earth using this NASA system
What is the Deep Space Network?
The distance between Earth and Jupiter.
What is 560 million miles?
At the end of its mission, Juno will be deorbited into Jupiter to avoid contaminating these potentially habitable moons.
What are Jupiter’s moons (like Europa)?
Using microwave radiometry, Juno found that this common Earth compound is distributed unevenly deep inside Jupiter’s atmosphere, hinting at complex weather dynamics.
What is ammonia?
From the first science block today, this student played computer games the whole time the documentary played.
Who is Joe?