                         Astronomy Picture of the Day

                         Astronomy Picture of the Day

    Discover the cosmos! [1] Each day a different image or photograph of our
 fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a
                           professional astronomer.

                                2019 April 15
                                      [2]
                    Enhanced: The Dolphin Cloud on Jupiter
  Image Credit: NASA [3] , Juno [4] , SwRI [5] , MSSS [6] ; Processing: Gerald
                         Eichstdt [7]  & Avi Solomon

Explanation: Do you see the dolphin-shaped cloud on Jupiter? The cloud was
visible last year during perijove 16 [8] , the sixteenth time that NASA's
robotic spacecraft Juno [9]  passed near Jupiter since it arrived in mid-2016.
During each perijove, Juno [10] passes near a slightly different part of
Jupiter's cloud tops. The dolphin shape may be surprising but is not
scientifically significant -- clouds on Jupiter [11]  and Earth [12] are
constantly shifting and can temporarily mimic many familiar shapes [13] . The
cloud appears in Jupiter's South Temperate Belt [14]  (STB), a band of dark
and dropping clouds that rings the planet and also contains Oval BA [15] ,
dubbed Red Spot Jr. [16] The featured image [17]  was digitally processed to
enhance color and contrast. Juno's next swoop [18]  near Jupiter -- perijove
20 -- will occur on late May.

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