                      APOD: 2018 June 5 - Complex Jupiter

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                                  2018 June 5
                                      [2]
                               Complex Jupiter
 Image Credit: NASA [3] , Juno [4] , SwRI [5] , MSSS [6] ; Composition:  David
                                   Marriott

Explanation: How complex is Jupiter? NASA's Juno mission [7]  to Jupiter is
finding the Jovian giant to be more complicated than expected [8] . Jupiter's
magnetic field has been discovered to be [9]  much different from our Earth's
simple dipole field [10] , showing several poles embedded in a complicated
network [11]  more convoluted in the north than the south. Further, Juno's
radio measurements show that Jupiter's atmosphere [12]  shows structure well
below the upper cloud deck -- even hundreds of kilometers deep. Jupiter [13]
's newfound complexity is evident also in southern clouds, as shown in the
featured image [14] . There, planet-circling zones and belts [15]  that
dominate near the equator decay into a complex miasma [16]  of continent-sized
storm swirls. Juno [17]  continues in its looping elliptical orbit, swooping
near the huge planet [18] every 53 days and exploring a slightly different
sector each time around.

                      Tomorrow's picture: sun stripe [19]

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http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/missions/solar-system/
early-science-results-juno-spacecraft-show-whole-new-jupiter/
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