                    APOD: 2017 December 14 - Jupiter Diving

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                               2017 December 14
                                Jupiter Diving
    Image Credit: NASA [2] , JPL-Caltech [3] , SwRI [4] , MSSS [5] , Gerald
                        Eichstadt [6] , Justin Cowart

Explanation: Take this simulated plunge [7] and dive into the upper atmosphere
of Jupiter, the Solar System's ruling gas giant. The awesome animation [8]  is
based on image data from JunoCam, and the microwave radiometer on board the
Jupiter-orbiting Juno spacecraft. You're view will start about 3,000
kilometers above the southern Jovian cloud tops, but you can track your
progress on the display at the left. As altitude decreases, temperature
increases while you dive deeper at the location of Jupiter's famous Great Red
Spot. In fact, Juno data indicates [9]  the Great Red Spot, the Solar System's
largest storm system, penetrates some 300 kilometers into the giant planet's
atmosphere. For comparison, the deepest point for planet Earth's oceans is
just under 11 kilometers down. Don't panic though, you'll fly back out again
[10] .

                   Tomorrow's picture: pixels in space [11]

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