NASA's Juno probe, for the first time, has captured the view of the moons moving. The spacecraft, that recently entered into the orbit of the massive planet, has made a brilliant attempt at giving humanity a brand new perspective on the outer world.
The Juno spacecraft captured a stunning view of the four Galilean moons - Callisto, Europa, Ganymede and Io - while it reached Jupiter on July 4, Monday. The four moons circle the giant planet in the solar system and the spacecraft made sure to capture the first-of-its-kind of celestial dynamics that surround these cosmic bodies.
According to Juno principal investigator Scott Bolton, so far, the researchers have never been able to see the motion of one celestial body with respect to the other. The motion of the moons captured by the spacecraft shows the king of the solar system and its disciples moving around it.
To the team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, this is very significant because researchers are finally able to see the motion of the celestial bodies with the help of a real video and real pictures. Until now, people have only been able to imagine the motion of the moons, but now, it is all real.
The video created by the Juno spacecraft is one of the greatest discoveries since 1610 when famous astronomer named Galileo Galilei discovered the four moons. After a long period of observation of their moments, Galilei discovered that they revolve around Jupiter.
It was Galilei, who made this breakthrough discovery first. Since then, humanity has been wondering how planets move around stars and moons revolve around planets.
As of now, the Juno team is planning to take another video as the spacecraft makes another close approach to the giant planet in last August. The ultimate objective of the Juno mission is to study the composition, interior structure of Jupiter and the magnetic and gravitational fields.
