Juno is in a 53-day orbit. When it passes close to Jupiter (“PeriJove” or “PJ”) we will take as many pictures as we can. The number of pictures that we take is limited by the amount of onboard data storage that we have for JunoCam, so we have to be selective. The images are collected as we go from the north pole of Jupiter to the south pole, which happens in a brief 2 hour portion of the orbit. On any given perijove pass we will only be able to image targets in a narrow swath of territory the spacecraft flies over (“groundtrack”).



Juno’s orbit geometry is evolving so we will carry out campaigns rather than voting on specific targets. Campaigns are focused on a specific science theme and take advantage of the changes in lighting.