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No high-resolution Jupiter photos will be taken during Jupiter orbit insertion on July 5. JunoCam and all the science instruments will be turned off from 5 days before Jupiter arrival until 2 days after Jupiter arrival. Jupiter arrival is also called Perijove 0.
Juno's orbit is highly elliptical, so it spends almost all of its time much farther than a million kilometers from Jupiter. During the science mission, it will only get moderately high-resolution photos of Jupiter within a two-day period around each perijove.
Truly detailed photos -- ones in which Jupiter appears bigger than the full JunoCam field of view, and in which Juno can see more detail than Cassini did during its one Jupiter flyby -- are only possible within a two-hour period around each perijove.
The next time after Perijove 0 that Juno will be within a million kilometers of Jupiter is on August 27, beginning about 12 hours before Perijove 1. All the science instruments will operate through Perijove 1. August 27 should be a fantastic day for JunoCam!
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