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Hubble Captures Crisp New Portrait of Jupiter’s Turbulent Storms Raging Across the Planet - SciTechDaily

Hubble Captures Crisp New Portrait of Jupiter’s Turbulent Storms Raging Across the Planet - SciTechDaily

Hubble Captures Crisp New Portrait of Jupiter’s Turbulent Storms Raging Across the Planet - SciTechDaily
Sep 17, 2020 2 mins, 6 secs

By Space Telescope Science Institute.

This latest image of Jupiter, taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope on Aug.

Hubble shows that the Great Red Spot, rolling counterclockwise in the planet’s southern hemisphere, is plowing into the clouds ahead of it, forming a cascade of white and beige ribbons.

Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), M.H.

The Hubble Space Telescope serves as a “weather satellite” for monitoring Jupiter’s stormy weather!

The iconic Great Red Spot, a storm big enough to swallow Earth, shows that it’s shrinking a little in the Hubble images, but it still dominates the entire southern atmosphere, plowing through the clouds like a cargo ship.

An image of Jupiter taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared light on Aug.

The “clumps” trailing the white plume appear to be absorbing ultraviolet light, similar to the center of the Great Red Spot, and Red Spot Jr.

Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), M.H.

This latest image of Jupiter, taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope on August 25, 2020, was captured when the planet was 406 million miles from Earth.

Hubble’s sharp view is giving researchers an updated weather report on the monster planet’s turbulent atmosphere, including a remarkable new storm brewing, and a cousin of the famous Great Red Spot region gearing up to change color – again.

Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), and M.H.

Hubble shows that the Great Red Spot, rolling counterclockwise in the planet’s southern hemisphere, is plowing into the clouds ahead of it, forming a cascade of white and beige ribbons.

Researchers say the Great Red Spot now measures about 9,800 miles across, big enough to swallow Earth.

Another feature researchers are noticing has changed is Oval BA, nicknamed by astronomers as Red Spot Jr., which appears just below the Great Red Spot in this image.

Hubble’s image shows that Jupiter is clearing out its higher altitude white clouds, especially along the planet’s equator, where an orangish hydrocarbon smog wraps around it.

This Hubble image is part of yearly maps of the entire planet taken as part of the Outer Planets Atmospheres Legacy program, or OPAL.

The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation between NASA and ESA (European Space Agency).

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, manages the telescope.

The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland, conducts Hubble science operations.

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