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Juno

A solar-powered probe in polar orbit around Jupiter. It has mapped the polar storms, interior structure and magnetic field, and in its extended mission makes close flybys of the Galilean moons.

TypeSpacecraft
Parent bodyJupiter
Orbital radius4,050,000 km (Jupiter)
Eccentricity0.982
Orbital period33 days
Launch5 August 2011 (Atlas V)
Arrival5 July 2016
AgencyNASA / JPL
StatusActive

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