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Jupiter is seen in an image from NASA's Juno spacecraft

(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2016-09-05 11:34 Comments

Jupiter is seen in an image from NASA's Juno spacecraft

This image obtained from NASA on August 12, 2016, shows a color view from NASA's Juno spacecraft made from some of the first images taken by JunoCam after the spacecraft entered orbit around Jupiter on July 5th (UTC). NASA's Juno spacecraft on August 27, 2016, got closer to the cloud tops of Jupiter than at any other time during its prime mission. At the moment of closest approach,Jupiter was about 2,600 miles (4,200 kilometers) above Jupiter's swirling clouds and traveling at 130,000 mph (208,000 kilometers per hour) with respect to the planet.[Photo/VCG]

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