{"id":220,"date":"2021-01-27T15:28:36","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T14:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/juice_mission_will_explore_jupiter_and_its_icy_moons\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T00:25:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:25:40","slug":"juice_mission_will_explore_jupiter_and_its_icy_moons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/pl\/juice_mission_will_explore_jupiter_and_its_icy_moons\/","title":{"rendered":"Misja \u201eJuice\u201d b\u0119dzie bada\u0107 Jowisza i jego lodowe ksi\u0119\u017cyce"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jowisz jest najwi\u0119ksz\u0105 planet\u0105 w naszym Uk\u0142adzie S\u0142onecznym i znacznie r\u00f3\u017cni si\u0119 od naszej rodzimej planety, Ziemi. Jowisz jest gazowym gigantem, a wok\u00f3\u0142 niego kr\u0105\u017cy grupa ponad 60 ksi\u0119\u017cyc\u00f3w. Aby zbada\u0107 te niezwyk\u0142e \u015bwiaty, ESA przygotowuje si\u0119 do wystrzelenia fascynuj\u0105cej sondy kosmicznej o nazwie JUpiter ICy moons Explorer, w skr\u00f3cie Juice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Blasting off in 2022, Juice will travel across our Solar System before arriving at Jupiter in 2029. The robotic probe will then spend at least three years investigating the gas giant and three of its largest moons: Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa. Scientists think that these icy moons have water oceans hidden beneath their surfaces. Water is one of the things that makes planet Earth so special, and is thought to be essential for life, so these moons will be fascinating worlds to study!<\/p>\n

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Juice spacecraft<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Juice’s main focus will be on Ganymede. It has several scientific objectives for this moon, and hopefully Callisto too:<\/p>\n

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    Learn more about the hidden oceans, and try to find underground reservoirs of water;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Map the moons\u2019 surfaces;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Study what the moons are made from, all the way to their cores, and how this might have changed over time;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Investigate the moons\u2019 incredibly thin atmospheres (called exospheres).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    In addition, Juice will study the magnetic fields of Ganymede and Jupiter, seeing how they interact. Ganymede is thought to be the only moon in the Solar System with its own magnetic field, and this lies within Jupiter\u2019s very large magnetic field, giving rise to complex and fascinating interactions not seen anywhere else in the Solar System. The probe will also turn its attention to Europa, where it will study the chemistry that is essential to life, as well as examining cracks on the moon\u2019s frozen surface, and strange geysers blasting water ice into space.<\/p>\n

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    First instrument delivered for Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Mission scientists hope that Juice\u00a0will also help us to make new discoveries about Jupiter itself. The probe will examine Jupiter\u2019s ever-changing atmosphere, investigating regions that we know very little about. Juice’s instruments will even measure wind-speeds in Jupiter\u2019s middle atmosphere for the first time, as well as studying how energy is transported around the gas giant.<\/p>\n

    Exploring Jupiter and its icy moons is important because as well as being a major part of our Solar System, they will help us to learn more about worlds around other stars. Thousands of extrasolar planets have been discovered already, and there are countless more waiting to be found. Many of these distant worlds are gas giants like Jupiter. They are too far away to send space probes to investigate, but we can make good guesses as to what they are like by studying Jupiter. Perhaps the search for alien life should not just be focussed on planets like Earth, but also icy moons orbiting gas giants? JUICE will help us find out!<\/p>\n

    Cool fact: Always thinking ahead, ESA is already planning for future exploration of the outer Solar System. NASA and ESA have been studying a possible joint mission that would target the two ice giant planets: Uranus and Neptune!<\/i><\/p>\n

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