It's part of an effort to help the orbiter chart a path to its final ... to Jupiter's icy moon, Europa. As such, onboard are a pair of small cameras called star trackers, which capture the images ...
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For nine years, a spacecraft known as the Juno orbiter has divided its time between observing the gas giant of Jupiter and studying ... by the ancient astronomer Galileo in 1610, is named for ...
Meanwhile, a set of cameras serving a different purpose is snapping photos in the space between Earth and Jupiter ... just that small slice of sky, the orbiter is able to determine where it ...