Think Tank

Welcome

The JunoCam webpages are designed to open the door to the public to participate in the steps a spacecraft instrument team follows in implementing their experiment: Planning, Discussion, Voting (decision-making) and Processing. We are pleased to add “Think Tank” as the next step in this sequence. Eventually we will add the final endpoint: “Results”.

This section will be a bit more wonky. You are invited to see the science sausage-making in action. There will be links to engineering files that we call kernels. There will be discussion threads on science topics we think can be addressed by particular images. You will see maps that connect features in JunoCam images to the historical record and context.

If you would like to be involved in this group please contact us.

Tools of the trade

Reports

Various citizen scientists have contributed to the field using JunoCam data. Below are some of the reports and other resources to get more information

Links:
British Astronomical Association https://britastro.org/
British Astronomical Association - Jupiter Section https://britastro.org/section_front/15
Unmanned Spaceflight http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/

Io Images

By Candy on 2018-08-03 UT

As we acquire images of Io they will be posted here with approximate geometric information. Images are processed by citizen scientists.

Latest comment 6 years ago

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PJ14 Image analysis

By Candy on 2018-07-19 UT

On PJ14 the spacecraft orbit continues its evolution, bringing the subspacecraft latitude at perijove northward and the subs/c longitude closer to the subsolar longitude

Latest comment 6 years ago

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Great Red Spot

By Candy on 2017-12-28 UT

JunoCam collected high resolution images of the Great Red Spot - a storm that has existed for centuries.

Latest comment 7 years ago

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Pop-up Storms

By Candy on 2017-12-28 UT

These are the small bright storms that "pop-up" above the cloud deck.

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Methane images

haze

By Candy on 2017-12-28 UT

Images taken through the narrow-band methane filter show high altitude hazes and other interesting structure that gives us a 3-dimensional picture of Jupiter's cloudtops.

Latest comment 7 years ago

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