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YesWeHaveNoTomatoes t1_j607oio wrote

Reply to comment by Different_Muscle_116 in How come space probes generally take photos of moons or asteroids from several hundred (or thousands) of kilometers away from the object they orbit? by Different_Muscle_116

If Io had been Juno's target, they would probably have calculated its trajectory and fuel needs to achieve either an actual orbit around Io or, if that wasn't possible, a closer flyby. But Juno's main target was Jupiter itself, so all photos of Jupiter's satellites were taken from the most fuel-efficient orbit around Jupiter.

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