        APOD: 2017 November 28 - Juno Spots a Complex Storm on Jupiter

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                               2017 November 28
                                      [2]
                    Juno Spots a Complex Storm on Jupiter
  Image Credit: NASA [3] , JPL-Caltech [4] , SwRI [5] , MSSS [6] ; Processing:
                    Gerald Eichst„dt [7]  & Seán Doran [8]

Explanation: Some storms on Jupiter are quite complex. The swirling storm was
captured late last month by the NASA's robotic Juno spacecraft [9]  currently
orbiting the Solar System's largest planet [10] . The featured image [11]
spans about 30,000 kilometers, making this storm system just about as wide as
planet Earth. The disturbance rotates counter-clockwise and shows a cloud
pattern [12]  that includes light-colored updrafts [13] thought to be composed
predominantly of ammonia [14]  ice. These light clouds [15] are the highest up
and even cast discernable shadows [16]  toward the right. Juno [17] will
continue to orbit and probe Jupiter over the next few years as it tries to
return data [18]  that help us to better understand Jupiter [19] 's
atmospheric water abundance and if the planet has a solid surface underneath
[20] these fascinating clouds.

                Tomorrow's picture: orion nebula detailed [21]

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