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An illustration shows Jupiter at the center of the image with its four Galilean moons extending toward the left — Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, their orbits traced by ever-increasing ellipses. On the other side of the image, another arc, in blue and entering from the right side of the image, shows the Juno spacecraft's orbit around Jupiter. Below that, in the lower right corner, an inset image diagrams auroras above Jupiter linked to each of the four moons, tracing bright arcs in green and orange.

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