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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Atlanta, GA | Posted: June 30, 2016
Jason Maderer
National Media Relations
maderer@gatech.edu
404-660-2926
Summary Sentence:
Georgia Tech researchers will play a role in the Juno mission, which will unveil more clues about Jupiter.
Full Summary:
Georgia Tech Professor Paul Steffes is a member of the Juno Science Team. The spacecraft arrived at Jupiter on July 4 for a 20-month mission that will determine the make-up of the solar system's largest planet.
Georgia Tech's Juno Team
Juno and JupiterOn July 4, 520 million miles from Atlanta, a spacecraft the size of a basketball court entered the orbit of Jupiter. Juno is now settling into a 20-month orbit of the largest planet in the solar system. The mission will tell us what Jupiter is made of. In turn, it will also reveal clues about the birth of the solar system.
Georgia Tech Professor Paul Steffes is a member of the Juno Science Team. He and his students have “cooked up” more than 6,000 recipes on the roof of the Van Leer Building to simulate conditions on Jupiter. Now all they need is data from Juno.
Learn more about the mission, which is inspired by Greek and Roman mythology.
