Articles | Volume 44, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-44-1243-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-44-1243-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Regular paper
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30 Oct 2026
Regular paper |
| 30 Oct 2026
| 30 Oct 2026
Planning of the JUICE/JANUS camera observations during the first ever Lunar-Earth Gravity Assist
INAF, Institute of Space Astrophysics and Planetology (IAPS), Rome, Italy
Luca Penasa
INAF, Astronomical Observatory of Padova (OAPD), Padova, Italy
Livio Agostini
INAF, Institute of Space Astrophysics and Planetology (IAPS), Rome, Italy
Alessio Aboudan
CISAS “G. Colombo”, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Michael Aye
Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Klaus-Dieter Matz
German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, Germany
Matthew Read
School of Physical Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
Thomas Bilotta
Leonardo S.p.A., Campi Bisenzio, Italy
Ricardo Hueso
Bilbao School of Engineering, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain
Alice Lucchetti
INAF, Astronomical Observatory of Padova (OAPD), Padova, Italy
Elke Kersten
German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, Germany
Romolo Politi
INAF, Institute of Space Astrophysics and Planetology (IAPS), Rome, Italy
Ganna Portyankina
German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, Germany
Benoit Seignovert
OSUNA, UAR-3281, LPG UMR-6112, CNRS, Nantes Universite, Nantes, France
Frank Trauthan
German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, Germany
Angelo Zinzi
Italian Space Agency (ASI), Rome, Italy
Ry Evill
European Space Operations Centre (ESOC), European Space Agency (ESA), Darmstadt, Germany
Angela Dietz
European Space Operations Centre (ESOC), European Space Agency (ESA), Darmstadt, Germany
Ines Belgacem
European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), European Space Agency (ESA), Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain
Thomas Cornet
European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), European Space Agency (ESA), Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain
Jose María Castro-Marin
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC), Granada, Spain
Vincenzo Della Corte
INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte (OACN), Napoli, Italy
Stubbe Hviid
German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, Germany
Thomas Roatsch
German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, Germany
Nicole Schmitz
German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, Germany
Manish R. Patel
School of Physical Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
Luisa M. Lara
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC), Granada, Spain
Pasquale Palumbo
INAF, Institute of Space Astrophysics and Planetology (IAPS), Rome, Italy
Data sets
ESA-JUICE_LEGA-Special-Issue_v1.0 European Space Agency https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-2bb387d
Short summary
This paper describes the observations of Moon and the Earth by the Jovis Amorum ac Natorum Undique Scrutator camera (JANUS) during Lunar Earth Gravity Assist (LEGA) in 2024 by the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft. We describe the observation sequences and constraints that were considered during the design process. We highlight the lessons learned from the relevant observational campaigns and the importance of science activities during the long cruise phase of planetary missions.
This paper describes the observations of Moon and the Earth by the Jovis Amorum ac Natorum...
