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Juno approaches its first orbital perijove

Juno approaches its first orbital perijove
Juno approaches its first orbital perijove Juno captured this photo of Jupiter about two hours before Perijove 1, from a distance of 703,000 kilometers, at 04:45 UTC on August 27, 2016. The spacecraft had yet to travel over Jupiter's north pole. NASA / JPL / SwRI / MSSS / Ted Stryk