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NASA's Juno mission shows Jupiter may be smaller and flatter than previously thought

The gas giant is narrower at the equator, but flatter at the poles.

A mission NASA might kill is still returning fascinating science from Jupiter

The findings were published March 20 in the journal AGU Advances and were based on data recorded by Juno in 2021 and 2022, ...
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Is Jupiter smaller than we thought? NASA spacecraft makes new find

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jupiter, the biggest planet in our solar system, is not as big as we thought. For more than half-a-century, astronomers thought ...

Jupiter's moon Europa captured by Juno spacecraft in close flyby

NASA Juno mission captured amazing new imagery of Jupiter's moon Europa. The spacecraft flew about 219 miles (352 kilometers) ...
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NASA’s Juno Mission Redefines Size, Shape of Jupiter

Data from NASA’s Juno mission has revealed that the solar system’s largest planet is slightly smaller and more “squashed” than previously believed. By analyzing radio occultation data from 13 flybys ...

Lightning bolts on Jupiter 500 times as powerful as on Earth

New data shows that lightning strikes inside Jupiter's atmosphere may be more than 500 times as powerful than on Earth.
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Is Jupiter smaller than we thought? NASA spacecraft makes new find

The measurements from NASA's Juno orbiter mark the first time that the size and shape of Jupiter has been evaluated in more than fifty years. NASA's Pioneer and Voyager missions made observations of ...