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Juno’s JIRAM Instrument
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Caption:
This computer-generated image depicts the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft. The JIRAM instrument measures heat radiated from the planet at an infrared wavelength of around 5 microns.
Background Info:
More information about Juno is online at http://www.nasa.gov/juno and http://missionjuno.swri.edu .
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the Juno mission for the principal investigator, Scott Bolton, of Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. Juno is part of NASA's New Frontiers Program, which is managed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, for NASA's Science Mission Directorate. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, built the spacecraft. Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages JPL for NASA.
Cataloging Keywords:
| Name | Value | Additional Values |
|---|---|---|
| Target | Jupiter | |
| System | Jupiter | |
| Target Type | Planet | |
| Mission | Juno | |
| Instrument Host | Juno | |
| Host Type | Orbiter | |
| Instrument | Juno Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) | Jupiter Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) |
| Detector | ||
| Extra Keywords | Color, Infrared | |
| Acquisition Date | ||
| Release Date | 2019-12-12 | |
| Date in Caption | ||
| Image Credit | NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM | |
| Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23594 | |
| Identifier | PIA23594 | |
