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Jupiter is Smaller and More ‘Squashed’ than Previously Believed, New Juno Data Reveal

Using high-precision radio-occultation measurements from NASA’s Juno mission and incorporating the effects of zonal winds, planetary scientists derived Jupiter’s shape with an order-of-magnitude reduction in uncertainty, finding polar, equatorial and mean radii smaller than previous estimates made with NASA’s Pioneer and Voyager missions.

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