In the images of Jupiter, which were stitched together from multiple NIRCam images, auroras (aurorae) extend to high altitudes above the planet’s north and south poles. They glow in a filter associated with redder colors, which also emphasizes light reflected from lower clouds and upper haze. Another filter mapped to yellow and green shows veils swirling around the north and south poles. A third filter, assigned to blue, shows light reflected off a deeper main cloud.
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Passed too close to Jupiter – The beginning of the end of Comet Shoemaker-Levy
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
At first there was nothing to be seen on earth. It was not until nine months later that Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker and David Levy discovered the unusual comet chain in a photo.
It quickly became clear that these objects were orbiting Jupiter. Orbit analyzes showed that the fragments of the comet, named following the discoverers, would no longer pass the planet in July 1994, but would fall into it.
Never before had experts been able to follow such a cosmic crash. The comet’s fragments raced into the planet’s gas masses over a period of six days. It was previously unclear whether the chunks, which were at best a thousand meters in size, might leave any visible traces at all.
You might. The series collision exceeded all expectations: each hit caused a burst of explosion. The “scars” might be seen in Jupiter’s atmosphere for weeks — even in amateur telescopes. The Hubble Space Telescope, which was still brand new at the time, made its first appearance, attracting worldwide attention.
But for Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 it was the end. The comet was simply “unlucky” to have been captured by Jupiter and forced onto its deadly orbit over the course of a few decades. In return, he presented astronomy fans with a unique spectacle.
It has not happened since 2004.. Watch 5 planets at dawn tomorrow in a phenomenon seen with the naked eye
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
In the sky of Egypt and the Arab world, tomorrow morning, Friday, June 10, 2022, the five bright planets in our solar system will be observed, which are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, lined up on the southeast horizon as a chain of diamonds seen with the naked eye.
This rare phenomenon has not occurred since December 2004 and the best time to view the planets would be 30 minutes before sunrise.
Binoculars, along with a clear view of the eastern horizon, may be needed to see Mercury at the beginning of June, but as the month progresses, Mercury will become brighter and easier to see, and the rest of the planets will be visible to the naked eye constantly.
The alignment of the planets is an astronomical event that takes place when a group of planets of the solar system appear in a row approximately in the same region of the sky, as seen from Earth and in space, being on the same side of the sun.
It must be known that the alignment of the planets on one line should not be taken in the literal sense. The planets never line up in a perfectly straight line, since they do not all revolve around the sun in the same plane, but in different orbits, so they will never line up identically.
The 90-degree series of planets will remain visible for the rest of June, when binoculars and telescopes can look for greenish-blue Uranus near the very bright planet Venus, and the little blue Neptune between Jupiter and Saturn.
It is worth noting that the moon will meet these five planets at the end of this month and will be an opportunity to take pictures.
A NASA spacecraft has ‘grazed’ the clouds of Jupiter: look what it captured [VIDEO] Juno Probe | Science
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
In its almost six years of orbit around Jupiter, NASA’s Juno spacecraft has obtained valuable information regarding this planet and has shown us unparalleled images. Now, the US space agency has revealed a video of the most recent approach of its ship, which has come to ‘graze’ the clouds of the gas giant.
Juno maintains an elliptical orbit around Jupiter. Therefore, from time to time it passes through a point closer to this planet, which, with 140,000 kilometers in diameter, is the largest in the solar system.
On April 9, 2022, the probe made its 41st close flyby, coming within 3,300 kilometers above the chaotic clouds. By comparison, that distance is 10 times shorter than the distance between Earth and its artificial satellites in geosynchronous orbit.
The video of the approach of the probe to Jupiter
“Juno skims the cloud tops of Jupiter,” says NASA in the description of the video, which shows a sequence of images captured by the spacecraft’s camera, JunoCam, during its approach.
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According to the entity, the images show “what it would look like to travel together with the spacecraft.”
Due to the jupiter’s powerful gravity, the Juno probe accelerated to travel at 210,000 kilometers per hour during the close flyby. That’s five times faster than the Apollo missions when they left Earth for the Moon.
NASA credited the video to citizen scientist Andrea Luck, who created the animated sequence using the raw images captured by JunoCam, data that is publicly available.