In Photos: See Giant Planet Jupiter Looking Its Best In New Images Just Back From NASA’s Juno Spacecraft

"Launched in 2011 and at Jupiter since 2016, Juno orbits the giant planet in a highly elliptical path that sees it swing-in closely to the planet’s polar regions once every five weeks or so. It’s the only time Juno takes and transmits images back to Earth."

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