New Horizons Flies By Jupiter
by Johns Hopkins University APL / Southwest Research Institute
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New Horizons Flies By Jupiter
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Johns Hopkins University APL / Southwest Research Institute
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Photograph - Photograph
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Although the main mission of NASA's New Horizons is to explore the Pluto system and the Kuiper Belt of icy, rocky objects, the spacecraft first flew by the solar system's largest planet, Jupiter, on the 28 of February 2007 -- just a little over a year after launch. In this artist's rendering, New Horizons soars past Jupiter as the volcanic moon Io passes between the spacecraft and planet.
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February 19th, 2013
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