NASA's Juno spacecraft completed its first orbit of the gas giant on August 27th 2016. During its approach and flyby it captured new images and data of Jupiter. Not only did it take optical images but also thermal and infrared as well as capturing Jupiters unique radio waves.
The images captured by the Juno spacecraft show storms and weather unlike anywhere else in the solar system.
The infrared image from Juno provides an unprecedented view of Jupiter's southern aurora. Such views are not possible from Earth.
''First glimpse of Jupiter's north pole, and it looks like nothing we have seen or imagined before, '' said Scott Bolton, principal investigator of Juno from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio.
''Saturn has a hexagon at the north pole. There is nothing on Jupiter that anywhere near resembles that. The largest planet in our solar system is truly unique,'' said Bolton.
Source: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/jupiter-s-north-pole-unlike-anything-encountered-in-solar-system
No comments:
Post a Comment