Glancing Again
From NASA
Dec. 2, 2019
Simply after its shut flyby of Jupiter on Nov. three, 2019, NASA’s Juno spacecraft caught this putting view of Jupiter’s southern hemisphere because the spacecraft sped away from the large planet. This picture captures large cyclones close to Jupiter’s south pole, in addition to the chaotic clouds of the folded filamentary area — the turbulent space between the orange band and the brownish polar area.
When this picture was taken, Juno was touring at about 85,000 mph (137,000 kilometers per hour) relative to the planet. Slightly greater than an hour earlier — on the level of closest method to the cloud tops — the spacecraft reached speeds relative to Jupiter in extra of 130,000 mph (209,000 kilometers per hour).
Citizen scientist Ali Abbasi created this picture utilizing knowledge from the spacecraft’s JunoCam imager. It was taken on Nov. three, 2019, at three:29 p.m. PST (6:29 p.m. EST) as Juno carried out its 23rd shut flyby of Jupiter. On the time the picture was taken, the spacecraft was about 65,500 miles (104,600 kilometers) from the planet at a latitude of about -70 levels.
JunoCam’s uncooked pictures can be found for the general public to peruse and course of into picture merchandise at
https://missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam/processing.
Extra details about Juno is at http://www.nasa.gov/juno and http://missionjuno.swri.edu.
Picture knowledge: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS
Picture processing by AliAbbasiPov, © CC BY
Final Up to date: Dec. 2, 2019
Editor: Sarah Loff
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