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Vendaval -> "NASA shows off new views of Jupiter" (5/1/2007 6:40:45 PM)
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More astronomy geeking for today - (pauses to adjust glasses) [8|]
"NASA shows off new views of Jupiter"
"New Horizons passed within 1.4 million miles of the planet earlier this year"
By Ker Than
Space
Updated 2:00 p.m., PT May 1, 2007
" New images beamed back by a NASA spacecraft that flew by Jupiter earlier this year are giving scientists their most detailed glimpse yet of the gas giant and its moons.
On Feb. 28, New Horizons passed within 1.4 million miles (2.3 million kilometers) of Jupiter as part of a slingshot maneuver to give it a speed boost as it races toward its main target Pluto. During the move, the spacecraft snapped hundreds of images of the Jupiter system.
Some of those images, unveiled Tuesday during a NASA news conference, reveal never-before-seen features of the planet and its moons. New Horizon's principal investigator, Alan Stern, said New Horizon's Jupiter flyby was "successful beyond our wildest dreams." "
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18420570/
Postcards from Jupiter slideshow!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18421540/displaymode/1107/s/2/framenumber/1/
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