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New Horizons: Jupiter Flyby Target Name:   Jupiter Spacecraft:   New Horizons Produced by:   NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI Copyright:  Public Domain Date Released:  24 March 2007 Related Documents New Horizons Pluto Kuiper Belt Flyby Pluto Charon Kuiper Belt Download Options Name Type Width x Height Size VSS00040.jpg JPEG 640 x 360 50K VSS00040.jpg JPEG 2400 x 1350 1M Although the main mission of New Horizons is to explore the Pluto system and the Kuiper Belt of icy, rocky objects, the spacecraft will first fly by the solar system's largest planet, Jupiter, early 2007 - just a little over a year after launch. In this artist's rendering, New Horizons soars past Jupiter as the volcanic moon Io passes between the spacecraft and planet.

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