Posted on 03/17/2020 7:24:53 PM PDT by BenLurkin
NASAs Juno mission captured this look at the southern hemisphere of Jupiter on Feb. 17, 2020, during the spacecrafts most recent close approach to the giant planet.
Not only is Jupiter the largest planet orbiting the Sun, it contains more than twice the amount of material of all other objects in the solar system combined including all the planets, moons, asteroids and comets. In composition, Jupiter resembles a star, and scientists estimate that if it had been at least 80 times more massive at its formation, it could have become a type of star called a red dwarf rather than a planet.
While the universes most common elements, hydrogen and helium, make up most of Jupiters mass, the striking clouds that are visible at the top of its atmosphere are composed mostly of ammonia and hydrogen sulfide.
This high-resolution view is a composite of four images captured by the JunoCam imager and assembled by citizen scientist Kevin M. Gill. The images were taken on Feb. 17, 2020, between 10:31 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. PST (1:31 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. EST). During that time, the spacecraft was between about 30,700 and 62,400 miles (49,500 and 100,400 kilometers) from the tops of the planets clouds, at latitudes between about 50 and 68 degrees South.
JunoCam's raw images are available for the public to peruse and process into image products at https://missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam/processing.
All the methane a civilization would ever need, if we can get it.
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Mars should be about twice as wide as the moon, but it looks about the same in that picture. Are you sure that’s not Io?
If you are going to go to the work of drawing a kine, I’d suggest you at least use paper.
(As I suspected, it is a bovine word, and is the old fashion singular of cows)
I Jupiter’s core is thought to be solid carbon: diamond.
WOW, when I was a kid traded 3-steelies and my best shooter for a marble just like that!
Went through some old stuff not too long ago. Held onto some of my marbles for 50+ years. Donated them to the thrift store that supports abused women.
Do kids even play marbles anymore? I spent a good deal of my childhood with them. Had some steelies as well.
Thanks for the memories!
Earth wouldn’t exist but for Jupiter—which has captured a ~zillion planet-destroying objects. (and why we’re alone).
LOL!
Yes, Big Jupe is cold and nasty and has a poisonous atmosphere and bone-crushing pressure and gravity, but it sure paints a pretty picture.
*ping*
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