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Pioneer 10 to photograph Jupiter from 3 million miles
Pioneer 10 nears Jupiter aiming its dish at Earth for precise radio operations as it transmits the first color close-up of the giant planet. At Dec 3 it will be 82 00 miles away, traveling 630 days and 494 million miles, under Ames control with round-the-clock tracking.
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Mountain View
Pioneer 10
Jupiter
Pioneer
Earth
Cutyard
Pioneer Mission Control
National Aeronatuics and Space Administration
Ames Research Center
TRE Control