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NASA and ESA prioritize outer planet missions
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Feb 18, 2009 |
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At a meeting in Washington last week, NASA and ESA officials decided to first pursue a mission to study Jupiter and its four largest moons, and plan for another mission to visit Saturn's largest moon, Titan, ...
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Jupiter had temporary moon for 12 years
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Sep 14, 2009 |
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Comet 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu was captured as a temporary moon of Jupiter in the mid-20th century and remained trapped in an irregular orbit for about twelve years.
Scientists complete first geological global map of Jupiter's satellite Ganymede
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Sep 16, 2009 |
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Scientists have assembled the first global geological map of the Solar System’s largest moon - and in doing so have gathered new evidence into the formation of the large, icy satellite.
Scientists Make Image, Movie of a Jupiter Moon Setting
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Dec 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, is seen just before it slips behind its giant planet in a new color image and a movie made by a University of Arizona scientist from images taken by NASA's ...
Novel spots found on Jupiter
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Mar 17, 2008 |
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Scientists have observed unexpected luminous spots on Jupiter caused by its moon Io. Besides displaying the most spectacular volcanic activity in the solar system, Io causes auroras on its mother planet that ...
New discovery at Jupiter could help protect Earth-orbit satellites
Mar 09, 2008 |
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Radio waves accelerate electrons within Jupiter’s magnetic field in the same way as they do on Earth, according to new research published in Nature Physics this week. The discovery overturns a theory that has held sway f ...
Scientist Explains Why Jupiter's Moon Europa Could Have Energetic Liquid Oceans
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Dec 12, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists used to think that Jupiter and its moons - and most other bodies orbiting far from the Sun - were cold, icy, and probably barren. When the Voyager spacecraft flew by in the late ...
Astronomer Kenneth Franklin dies at 84
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Jun 22, 2007 |
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Astronomer Kenneth L. Franklin has died at 84 from complications of heart surgery in Boulder, Colo.
Ganymede makes big impression on Jupiter's auroral lightshows (w/ Video)
Sep 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Studies of features in Jupiter’s spectacular and rapidly changing aurorae have given new insights into the complex electromagnetic interactions between the giant planet and two of its innermost ...
Sharpening up Jupiter
Oct 02, 2008 |
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A record two-hour observation of Jupiter using a superior technique to remove atmospheric blur has produced the sharpest whole-planet picture ever taken from the ground. The series of 265 snapshots obtained ...
Astronomers Detect Sodium Gas Ejected by Lunar Impact
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Oct 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Boston University astronomers announced today observations of a cloud of sodium gas ejected from the Moon’s surface as a result of the NASA impact experiment that was part of its Lunar Reconnaissance ...
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