Friday, August 5, 2011

Juno Mission Launches to Jupiter

Considering that there may be antimatter around Jupiter, I wonder if the mission will look for any.

It doesn't appear to be the case.  Oops! It is Saturn that will have the antimatter.  Jupiter's magnetic field doesn't produce them like you'd think.
You would think that Jupiter would be the gold mine of antiproton production, given its size and field strength, but it turns out that the magnetic field actually shields the Jovian atmosphere from the GCR production process, lowering its effect. 


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