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Close Juno flyby unlocks sharp new image of Jupiter moon Thebe

Phys · · 205 words · By Rafael Alanis

NASA's Juno spacecraft captured a high-resolution image of Jupiter's moon Thebe during a close flyby on May 1, 2026. The image was taken using the Stellar Reference Unit, and the article notes Thebe's role in the formation of Jupiter's gossamer rings.

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“NASA's Juno spacecraft captured this view of Thebe, the second largest of Jupiter's inner moons, during a close pass on May 1, 2026.”
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Three independent web search results (including RocketNews and other news reports) explicitly confirm that Juno captured a view of Thebe on May 1, 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Juno is a NASA space probe orbiting the planet Jupiter. Built by Lockheed Martin and operated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_(spacecraft)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There are 115 known moons of the planet Jupiter as of 9 April 2026. This number does not include a number of meter-sized moonlets thought to be shed from the inner moons, nor hundreds of possible kilo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons_of_Jupiter
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The rings of Jupiter are a system of faint planetary rings. The Jovian rings were the third ring system to be discovered in the Solar System, after those of Saturn and Uranus. The main ring was discov…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Jupiter
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“Thebe, the second largest of Jupiter's inner moons”
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The provided web search results for 'Thebe' are irrelevant, referring to a healthcare provider in the Netherlands rather than the moon. No Wikipedia or authoritative evidence was provided to confirm its rank among inner moons.
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web search NEUTRAL — Zorg van Thebe Thebe levert wijkverpleging, specialistische zorg, thuisbegeleiding en dagbesteding in 19 gemeenten in West- en Midden-Brabant. Daarnaast bieden we zorg in 25 woonzorgcentra in de regio…
https://www.thebe.nl/
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web search NEUTRAL — Heeft u door een ziekte of aandoening verpleegkundige zorg nodig? Dan kunt u in aanmerking komen voor wijkverpleging van Thebe. Lees er meer over.
https://www.thebe.nl/zorg-thuis/wijkverpleging/
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web search NEUTRAL — Thebe levert wijkverpleging, specialistische zorg, thuisbegeleiding en dagbesteding. Hiermee helpen we u zo lang mogelijk zelfstandig te blijven. Ontdek meer.
https://www.thebe.nl/over-thebe/
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“The spacecraft's Stellar Reference Unit (SRU) captured this image from a distance of approximately 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers) at a resolution of about 1.9 miles (3 kilometers) per pixel.”
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Multiple web search results explicitly state that the Stellar Reference Unit (SRU) captured the image from approximately 3,100 miles (5,000 km) with a resolution of 1.9 miles (3 km) per pixel.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Heidi N. Becker is an American planetary scientist who studies Jupiter as radiation monitoring investigation lead for NASA's Juno space mission. She works at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Becker c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi_N._Becker
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Juno is a NASA space probe orbiting the planet Jupiter. Built by Lockheed Martin and operated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_(spacecraft)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Juno Radiation Vault is a compartment inside the Juno spacecraft that houses much of the probe's electronics and computers, and is intended to offer increased protection of radiation to the contents a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_Radiation_Vault
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“Thebe resides at the outer edge of Jupiter's faint ring system”
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The Wikipedia entry for Thebe (moon) explicitly states that its orbit lies near the outer edge of the Thebe gossamer ring.
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web search NEUTRAL — The orbit of Thebe lies near the outer edge of the Thebe gossamer ring, which is composed of the dust ejected from the satellite. After ejection, the dust drifts in the direction of the planet under t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thebe_(moon)
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web search NEUTRAL — Thebe resides at the outer edge of Jupiter's faint ring system and is believed to play a role in the formation of the planet's "gossamer" ring through the shedding of dust. While the SRU's primary fun…
https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/nasas-juno-misson-capt…
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web search NEUTRAL — Thebe resides at the outer edge of Jupiter's faint ring system and is believed to play a role in the formation of the planet's "gossamer" ring through the shedding of dust.
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-juno-flyby-sharp-image-jupiter…
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“is believed to play a role in the formation of the planet's "gossamer" ring through the shedding of dust.”
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Although the 'Evidence for claim 4' section says no evidence found, the evidence provided for claim 3 contains two web search results that explicitly state Thebe 'is believed to play a role in the formation of the planet's "gossamer" ring through the shedding of dust.'
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“The SRU has previously been used to discover "shallow lightning" in Jupiter's atmosphere and to image the planet's ring system.”
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The provided evidence for claim 5 consists of irrelevant results about ride-sharing apps (Juno) or general Jupiter facts. No source provided confirms the SRU's role in discovering shallow lightning or imaging the ring system.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Juno is a NASA space probe orbiting the planet Jupiter. Built by Lockheed Martin and operated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_(spacecraft)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Juno Radiation Vault is a compartment inside the Juno spacecraft that houses much of the probe's electronics and computers, and is intended to offer increased protection of radiation to the contents a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_Radiation_Vault
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun, and the largest in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with a mass nearly 2.5 times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined and slightly le…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter
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“A division of Caltech in Pasadena, California, JPL manages the Juno mission for the principal investigator, Scott J. Bolton, of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio.”
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Confirmed by Wikipedia (Juno spacecraft) and multiple web search results: JPL (division of Caltech) manages the mission for PI Scott J. Bolton of the Southwest Research Institute.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cassini–Huygens ( kə-SEE-nee HOY-gənz), commonly called Cassini, was a joint space-research mission by NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to send a space probe t…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article includes a list of the most massive known objects of the Solar System and partial lists of smaller objects by observed mean radius. These lists can be sorted according to an object's radi…
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“Juno is part of NASA's New Frontiers Program, which is managed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, for the agency's Science Mission Directorate in Washington.”
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Confirmed by Wikipedia (Juno spacecraft, New Frontiers program) and NASA web results: Juno is part of the New Frontiers Program, managed by Marshall Space Flight Center for the Science Mission Directorate.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Juno is a NASA space probe orbiting the planet Jupiter. Built by Lockheed Martin and operated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_(spacecraft)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of NASA missions, both crewed and robotic, since the establishment of NASA in 1958. There are over 80 currently active science missions.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New Frontiers program is a series of space exploration missions being conducted by NASA with the purpose of furthering the understanding of the Solar System. The program selects medium-class missi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Frontiers_program
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