Astronomy Picture of the Day

                         Astronomy Picture of the Day

    Discover the cosmos! [1] Each day a different image or photograph of our
 fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a
                           professional astronomer.

                                2019 February 5
                        Perijove 16: Passing Jupiter
    Video Credit & License [2] : NASA [3] , Juno [4] , SwRI [5] , MSSS [6] ,
                            Gerald Eichstadt [7] ;
  Music: The Planets [8] , IV. Jupiter (Gustav Holst [9] ); USAF Heritage of
                   America Band [10] ( via Wikipedia [11] )

Explanation: Watch Juno zoom past Jupiter again [12] . NASA [13] 's robotic
spacecraft Juno [14] is continuing on its 53-day, highly-elongated orbits [15]
 around our Solar System's largest planet. The featured video is from perijove
16, the sixteenth time that Juno [16] has passed near Jupiter since it arrived
in mid-2016. Each perijove [17]  passes near a slightly different part [18]
of Jupiter's cloud tops. This color-enhanced video [19]  has been digitally
composed from 21 JunoCam still images, resulting in a 125-fold time-lapse. The
video [20]  begins with Jupiter rising as Juno [21] approaches [22]  from the
north. As Juno reaches its closest view [23]  -- from about 3,500 kilometers
over Jupiter's cloud tops -- the spacecraft captures the great planet in
tremendous detail. Juno [24]  passes light zones and dark belt of clouds that
circle the planet, as well as numerous swirling circular storms, many of which
are larger than hurricanes on Earth [25] . As Juno moves away, the remarkable
dolphin-shaped cloud [26]  is visible. After the perijove, Jupiter [27]
recedes into the distance, now displaying the unusual clouds that appear over
Jupiter's south. To get desired science data [28] , Juno swoops so close to
Jupiter [29] that its instruments are exposed to very high levels of
radiation.

                        Tomorrow's picture: moon tree

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  [5] http://www.swri.org/
  [6] http://www.msss.com/
  [7] http://www.planetary.org/connect/our-experts/...
gerald-eichstdt.html
  [8] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Planets
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  [28]
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/
a-whole-new-jupiter-first-science-results-from-nasa-s-juno-mission
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