Juno arrives at Jupiter

Juno's suite of scientific instruments is dedicated to peering under the surface layer of Jovian clouds, and sniffing the chemical signature of its deep atmosphere, surveying the liquid helium ocean dynamo that generates its intense magnetic fields and gauging the gravity of its solid core.

Dr. Steven Levin, Juno Project Scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, says understanding Jupiter's interior will tell us much about the beginnings of the solar system and how planets, especially giant planets, form.

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