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re: NASA's Juno craft beams back stunning pics of Jupiter.
Posted on 5/7/17 at 8:34 am to rmnldr
Posted on 5/7/17 at 8:34 am to rmnldr
You can almost guess as to why they look different... But in case you have trouble.
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This image, put together by Gervasio Robles, merges three Juno flyby images to show Jupiter’s elusive south pole in full view.
Posted on 5/7/17 at 11:21 am to JordonfortheJ
No need to be an a-hole. Even then, it still doesn't look like pictures we've seen before. The cloud type and structure looks much different from the rest of the clouds. It's really neat though.
Posted on 5/7/17 at 11:47 am to rmnldr
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it still doesn't look like pictures we've seen before
That's because these were the very first images ever of the south pole. Plenty of cyclones there too. The atmosphere is loaded with storms wherever you look. Good stuff.
Posted on 5/7/17 at 1:18 pm to Commander Data
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That's because these were the very first images ever of the south pole. Plenty of cyclones there too. The atmosphere is loaded with storms wherever you look. Good stuff.
Really neat. I didn't realize it was of the south pole at first.
Posted on 5/7/17 at 3:00 pm to rmnldr
This is somewhat off topic, but the fact that there is frozen water on Mercury amazes me
Posted on 5/7/17 at 3:47 pm to Cobrasize
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frozen water on Mercury
Well I learned something new today. Would have never guessed it.
Posted on 5/7/17 at 4:16 pm to Commander Data
I was shocked when I first read about it This is a good article with illustrations to show how it works.
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This post was edited on 5/7/17 at 4:17 pm
Posted on 5/7/17 at 4:37 pm to Cobrasize
Thanks for the link. The amount of water in the solar system is unreal. Most of it is in a solid state but as our most valuable resource it's good to know it's almost everywhere we look.
Posted on 5/26/17 at 3:50 pm to Commander Data
more weirdness from Jupiter
I was hoping for more info about the core and I still may get it another time but here is the latest.
I was hoping for more info about the core and I still may get it another time but here is the latest.
Posted on 5/26/17 at 4:56 pm to Commander Data
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Scientists have generally thought that Jupiter either harbors a relatively compact core 1 to 10 times as massive as Earth or no core at all, said Juno principal investigator Scott Bolton, who's based at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio.
I rather doubt that Jupiter has no core. It would depend on where Jupiter's position was when the solar system formed but since its birth the planet has accreted mass by using its tremendous gravity to draw in other bodies. As with earth's formation, the heavier elements will have sunk to the core and as evidenced by Jupiter's strong magnetic field there's plenty of metal down there.
The cartoon below shows a lot of metallic hydrogen, and that's to be expected, but our solar system formed from the remains of third-generation stars that were rich in all of the heavy elements. Therefore, while there might not be a core of rock, the heavier metals such as iron and nickel are most likely under the metallic hydrogen.
Posted on 5/28/17 at 8:52 am to Kentucker
NASA is a jewel of an agency.
Posted on 5/29/17 at 9:43 am to Kentucker
Dont see one decent spot for a deer stand.
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