[HN Gopher] New data on radiation show missions to Jupiter's moo...
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       New data on radiation show missions to Jupiter's moon Europa are
       possible
        
       Author : miohtama
       Score  : 7 points
       Date   : 2024-08-21 19:56 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (phys.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (phys.org)
        
       | ortusdux wrote:
       | _" Every quarter-second the ASC takes an image of the stars,"
       | said Juno scientist John Leif Jorgensen, professor at the
       | Technical University of Denmark.
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       | "Very energetic electrons that penetrate its shielding leave a
       | telltale signature in our images that looks like the trail of a
       | firefly. The instrument is programmed to count the number of
       | these fireflies, giving us an accurate calculation of the amount
       | of radiation," says Jorgensen._
       | 
       | Reminds me of the method of using a cellphone camera covered with
       | e-tape to measure radiation:
       | 
       | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-92195-y
        
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