PicturingthePoles
Jupiterisbeyondtheasteroidbelt.Itisthelargestplanetinthesolarsystem.AU.S.spacecraftnamedJunoorbitsJupiter.Thisplanetspinsfasterthananyofthe others.
Itsspincreatesgasbeltsthatrunfromwesttoeast.JunotookpicturesofJupiter’snorthandsouthpoles.Therearenogasbeltsthere.Instead,thepoleshave storms.
ThisdrawingshowshowJunolooksasitorbits Jupiter.
Fartherand Further
In2006,NASAlaunchedaspacecraftnamedNewHorizonsfromJupiter.Nineyearslater,itflewpast Pluto.
NewHorizonsisstillgoing.Itflewpastthefarthestobjectevervisited,Arrokoth.Arrokothismadeoftwoobjectsstucktogether.Itlookslikeasnowmanin space!
Thisdrawingshows Arrokoth.
Thisspacecraft,Voyager 1,hastraveled far.
Somespacecrafthavetraveledevenfarther.Whydoweexplorespace?Becausewearepartofit.Wewanttoknowmoreaboutwherewe live.