| Session Details | |
| Section | PS - Planetary Sciences |
| Session Title | Juno's Exploration of Jupiter |
| Main Convener | Dr. Scott Bolton (Southwest Research Institute, United States) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Paul Hartogh (Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Germany) Dr. Wing-Huen Ip (National Central University, Taiwan) Dr. Glenn Orton (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States) |
| Session Description | NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter launched in 2011 and arrived at Jupiter on July 4, 2016. Juno's scientific objectives include the study of Jupiter's interior, atmosphere and magnetosphere with the goal of understanding Jupiter's origin, formation and evolution. This session provides results from the Juno measurements and the collaborative campaign during the first 6 orbits of Juno's prime mission. Scientific results include Jupiter's interior structure, magnetic field, deep atmospheric dynamics and composition, and the first in-situ exploration of Jupiter's polar magnetosphere and aurorae. |