{"id":18746,"date":"2017-11-07T19:20:03","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T11:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/nasas-juno-orbiter-delivers-a-fresh-batch-of-blimmin-beauties-from-jupiter\/"},"modified":"2017-11-07T19:20:03","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T11:20:03","slug":"nasas-juno-orbiter-delivers-a-fresh-batch-of-blimmin-beauties-from-jupiter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/nasas-juno-orbiter-delivers-a-fresh-batch-of-blimmin-beauties-from-jupiter\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s Juno orbiter delivers a fresh batch of blimmin\u2019 beauties from Jupiter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jupiter\u2019s northern hemisphere is featured in this processed view captured by the Juno orbiter\u2019s JunoCam imager during the probe\u2019s close flyby on Oct. 24. (NASA \/ JPL \/ SwRI \/ MSSS \/ Gerald Eichstadt Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Artistic amateur astronomers have started leveraging the latest looks from NASA\u2019s Juno orbiter to produce fresh views of Jupiter, including close-ups of storm swirls that look like pearls.<\/p>\n

The raw material was captured on Oct. 24 during Juno\u2019s eighth close-in photo op.<\/p>\n

Juno entered orbit around the giant planet on the Fourth of July last year, and its elliptical orbit produces a close encounter every 54 days. The probe\u2019s primary scientific mission is to study Jupiter\u2019s magnetic field, composition and gravity field \u2014 but it also has a camera known as JunoCam that takes closeups for public consumption.<\/p>\n

Raw JunoCam images from each close flyby, also known as perijove, are sent back to Earth for citizen scientists to process and enjoy. The Juno team had to wait until this week to start getting the data from last month\u2019s perijove, due to a solar conjunction that temporarily blocked communications. But now the coast is clear, and processing is progressing.<\/p>\n

As we wait for the next perijove on Dec. 16, let\u2019s feast our eyes on these jewels from Jupiter:<\/p>\n