The space probe Juno is currently approaching Jupiter as close as never before.
NASA claim that their space research probe is located at a distance of 4, 2 thousand kilometers from Jupiter. This is the closest distance on which ever managed to come close to earth objects to the earth.
To do this, the satellite circled the whole earth 36 times, its moving speed in this case amounted to an average of 280 thousand kilometers per hour. But now, when the satellite and the planet is only 4.2 thousand kilometers away, to do her research more carefully.
In 2011 to study Jupiter used another satellite, called Galileo. But his capabilities were severely limited compared to today, as he flew around the planet so close.
