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New radio map of Jupiter reveals what's beneath colorful clouds

Using the upgraded Very Large Array, astronomers have produced a detailed radio map of the upper 100 kilometers of Jupiter's atmosphere, revealing the complex movement of ammonia gas that shapes the colorful clouds observed in the optical. The map will help understand how global circulation and cloud formation are driven by Jupiter's powerful internal heat source, and shed light on similar processes on giant planets in our solar system and around distant stars. Ref. Source 4n.

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Juno spacecraft and its July 4th arrival at Jupiter

The solar-powered spacecraft will perform a suspenseful Jupiter orbit insertion maneuver -- a 35-minute burn of its main engine -- which will slow Juno by about 1,200 mph (542 meters per second) so it can be captured into the gas giant’s polar orbit. Juno will loop Jupiter 37 times during 20 months, skimming to within 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers) above its swirling cloud tops. Ref. Source 5z.

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NASA's Juno Spacecraft in Orbit Around Mighty Jupiter

After an almost five-year journey to the solar system’s largest planet, NASA's Juno spacecraft successfully entered Jupiter’s orbit during a 35-minute engine burn. Confirmation that the burn had completed was received on Earth at 8:53 p.m. PDT (11:53 p.m. EDT) Monday, July 4.

“Independence Day always is something to celebrate, but today we can add to America’s birthday another reason to cheer -- Juno is at Jupiter,” said NASA Ref. Source 5x.

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Jupiter's north pole unlike anything encountered in solar system

NASA's Juno spacecraft has sent back the first-ever images of Jupiter's north pole, taken during the spacecraft's first flyby of the planet with its instruments switched on. The images show storm systems and weather activity unlike anything previously seen on any of our solar system's gas-giant planets. Ref. Source 8j.

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Hubble takes close-up portrait of Jupiter

On April 3, 2017, as Jupiter made its nearest approach to Earth in a year, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope viewed the solar system's largest planet in all of its up-close glory. Ref. Source 3w

Image from NASA.

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For all of its initial problems, Hubble has been a fantastic investment for space science. It has helped in so many ways to identify new space phenomena and to look more close at our neighbors in this solar system.

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With Jupiter being a large gas planet I do wonder what gasses we would be able to harvest off this planet as we make the transition into being space faring people. We have some technology to allow us move around in the solar system we just need to improve upon it. I think that Jupiter can be a key.

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Good question KN. We could use these gas giants as 'gas stations' for our ships as they hop from system to system.