(2) SOUTH POLAR MAPS, 2020-2025 (PJ27-PJ72)

The following three ZIP files contain polar-projection colour maps of Jupiter’s south polar region from JunoCam (2020-2025, PJ27-PJ72).  They were all made on Juno’s outbound trajectory. Because of Juno’s orbital evolution, the outbound image resolution has continuously declined.

Up to PJ33, the maps were made down to 60°S at the edges; from PJ34 onwards, down to 30°S, though often cropped to 45°S in these versions.  The scale for these is usually 30 pixels per degree latitude.  Some filenames include an indication of the map scale (e.g. ‘20px’ means 20 px/deg) and the latitude range (‘45S’ means down to 45°S at the edges).

From PJ46 onwards, some maps are in PNG format, mostly presented unlabelled, covering latitudes down to 45°S at the edges.  For these maps, G.E. used a semi-automated assembly method, eliminating the need for manual compilation. The map scale was usually reduced to reflect the decreasing image resolution. 

PJ27-PJ33_Set-of-S-Polar-maps
PJ34-PJ46_Set-of-S-polar-maps
PJ47-PJ72_Set-of-S-Polar-maps