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NASA managed to capture the shadow of the satellite on the surface of Jupiter

NASA удалось зафиксировать тень спутника на поверхности ЮпитераAmalthea has an unusual irregular shape.

NASA presented the surface of Jupiter where you can see the shadow cast by the moon Amalthea.

As reported on the Agency’s website, the picture was taken by the spacecraft “Juno”.

The researchers note that the shape of the shadow is the result and position of the satellite relative to the planet’s surface, and the unusual irregular shape of Amalthea.

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“Juno” took the picture at a distance of 3.8 thousand kilometers from the surface of Jupiter.

“Juno” was launched on 5 August 2011 from Cape Canaveral, it is part of the program, New Frontiers . To “Juno” on the orbit of Jupiter worked the Galileo probe, but “Juno” was the first in history to make a flyby of the planet through its pole. The unit arrived at the orbit of Jupiter on 4 July last year.

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