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Earth and Moon Seen by Passing Juno Spacecraft
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| Date: | 2013-12-15 12:32:13 |
| Blog: | Geology.com News  |
| URL: | http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geologycom/~3/a6h7nUa9UDQ/earth-and-moon-seen-by-passing-juno-spacecraft.shtml |
Summary:
“When NASA’s Juno spacecraft flew past Earth on Oct. 9, 2013, it received a boost in speed of more than 8,800 mph (about 7.3 kilometer per second), which set it on course for a July 4, 2016, rendezvous with Jupiter. One of Juno’s sensors, a special kind of camera optimized to track faint stars, also […]Content analysis:
Keywords:
Astronomy, boost, camera, course, Earth, faint stars, Jupiter, kilometer, Moon, mph, NASA, Oct., Passing Juno Spacecraft, sensors, special kind, speed
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