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Europa planetary protection for Juno Jupiter Orbiter |
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| Authors: | Douglas E. Bernard Robert D. Abelson Jennie R. Johannesen Try Lam William J. McAlpine Laura E. Newlin |
| Affiliation: | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA |
| Abstract: | NASA’s Juno mission launched in 2011 and will explore Jupiter and its near environment starting in 2016. Planetary protection requirements for avoiding the contamination of Europa have been taken into account in the Juno mission design. In particular Juno’s polar orbit, which enables scientific investigations of parts of Jupiter’s environment never before visited, also greatly assist avoiding close flybys of Europa and the other Galilean satellites. |
| Keywords: | Juno Jupiter Planetary protection Europa Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA |
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