Juno Spacecraft Scans Io (IMAGE)

Southwest Research Institute

Juno Spacecraft Scans Io

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NASA’s Juno spacecraft made the first direct measurements of the temperature beneath the surface of Jupiter’s moon Io using the Microwave Radiometer, (MWR), invented and designed by Southwest Research Institute’s Dr. Scott Bolton.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Thomas Thomopoulos ©

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