NASA's Juno Spacecraft Reveals the Depth of Jupiter's Colored Bands

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The bands were thought to be an expression of Jovian weather, related to winds blowing eastward and westward at different speeds.

This animation illustrates a recent discovery by Juno that demonstrates these east-west flows, also known as jet-streams penetrate deep into the planet's atmosphere, to a depth of about 1,900 miles (3,000 kilometers). Due to Jupiter's rapid rotation (Jupiter's day is about 10 hours), these flows extend into the interior parallel to Jupiter's axis of rotation, in the form of nested cylinders. Below this layer the flows decay, possibly slowed by Jupiter's strong magnetic field.

The depth of these flows surprised scientists who estimate the total mass involved in these jet streams to be about 1% of Jupiter's mass (Jupiter's mass is over 300 times that of Earth). This discovery was revealed by the unprecedented accuracy of Juno's measurements of the gravity field.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI
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I can't wait for the Europa Lander Mission!

TheExoplanetsChannel
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which software is used to generate/render this animation?

AnirudraDiwakar
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We need to send a lander in there to see how is it from the inside. Nasa get to the drawing board. You have to do a lot of miracles before I die. Okay?

Solo
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When Armstrong was the first on the moon, everybody loved him.
Now everybody is trying it with the comment section and everybody hates them...

davethewave
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Amazing. We wonder something for decades, and you send one probe there and it's answered.

HebaruSan
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Can we use the radiation Jupiter generates to power spacecraft (instead of wasting a lot of energy/work to shield them from it)?

SystemBD
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Jupiter got even scarier, 3000 km deep

reptile_loki
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So Jupiter has a solid surface beneath those storm bands?

MrBurgerphone
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Wonder what marvels await us even deeper into this colossus.

MysticDee
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Put like and talk us where are you from??


I'm from Iraq 🇮🇶 ♥️

Cuttea
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★★★★★ Outstanding, thank you so much for sharing

onejourney
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The pizza is flat. Te earth is... a cube :v

alexspace
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NASA you should cooperate with China and Russia and India for a better world.

electroskylightgaming
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Juno seems like a failure, considering the lack of published information.

marcpanther
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No one cares if you're first. Accomplish some real goals lol

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