Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System and from the analysis of their data, scientist consider that life could be found under the water of some of their Galilean moons. Whether we will find them and how will they look like is still an open question.
Figure 1: From the movie "Contact”. (Créditos: Warner Bross)
The JUICE - JUpiter ICy moons Explorer - mission is planned for launch in 2022 and arrival at Jupiter in 2029, it will spend at least three years making detailed observations of Jupiter and Ganymede, Callisto and Europa.
Figure 2: The JUICE mission (Créditos: AIRBUS/ESA)
In order to plan our travel to the Jovian System, we must know how much is the Mass of Jupiter, will you help us to do so?
Only for real adventures: Inspect and predict a transits of the Galilelan moon Europa, on top of Jupiter in ESASky