Today, the Juno interplanetary station will approach a record close distance to the satellite of Jupiter, which
What is known
A probe worth more than $1 billion was launched inspace at the end of summer 2011. In July 2016, it arrived in the Jupiter system. On September 29 last year, the orbital period was reduced to 38 days after rendezvous with the Europa satellite. The approach to Io will shorten the orbital period to 32 days. The device will fly at a distance of approximately 35,500 km from the cosmic body.
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In terms of size, Io is slightly larger than the Moon.At the same time, the satellite of Jupiter is considered the most volcanic body in the solar system. This is due to the gravitational influence from Jupiter and massive moons, which deforms Io and provokes volcanic eruptions.
Juno was designed to explore the largestplanets of the solar system. After the mission was completed, the spacecraft remained operational, so scientists sent it to explore Jupiter's most massive moons.
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The interplanetary station will continue to approach Io. Next year, Juno will fly just 1,500 km from the surface of the volcanic moon.