Beneath Jupiter
Image Credit: NASA, Juno, SwRI, MSSS, Gerald Eichstädt & Seán Doran
Explanation: Jupiter is stranger than we knew. NASA's
Juno spacecraft has now completed its sixth swoop past
Jupiter as it moves around its highly
elliptical orbit.
Pictured,
Jupiter is seen from below where, surprisingly, the horizontal
bands that cover most of the planet disappear into
swirls and complex patterns. A line of
white oval clouds is visible nearer to the equator.
Recent results from
Juno show that
Jupiter's weather phenomena can extend deep below its cloud tops, and that
Jupiter's magnetic field varies greatly with location.
Juno is scheduled to orbit Jupiter 37 times with each orbit taking about six weeks.
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