Beneath Jupiter
Explanation:
Jupiter is stranger than we knew.
NASA's Juno spacecraft
has now completed its sixth swoop past
Jupiter
as it moves around its highly
elliptical orbit.
Pictured,
Jupiter is seen
from below where, surprisingly, the horizontal
bands that cover most of the planet disappear into
swirls and complex patterns.
A line of
white oval clouds is visible nearer to the equator.
Recent
results from
Juno
show that
Jupiter's
weather phenomena can extend deep below its cloud tops, and that
Jupiter's magnetic field
varies greatly with location.
Juno
is scheduled to orbit Jupiter 37 times with each orbit taking about six weeks.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
