                         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 May 8
                                      [2]
                          Jupiter Marble from Juno
  Image Credit: NASA [3] / JPL-Caltech [4] / SwRI [5] / MSSS [6] ; Processing:
                              Kevin M. Gill [7]

Explanation: What does Jupiter look like up close? Most images of Jupiter [8]
are taken from far away [9] , either from Earth [10]  or from a great enough
distance that nearly half the planet is visible. This shot [11] , though, was
composed from images taken relatively close in [12] , where less than half of
the planet was visible. From here, Jupiter [13]  still appears spherical [14]
but perspective distortion [15]  now makes it look more like a marble [16] .
Visible on Jupiter's cloud tops [17] are a prominent dark horizontal belt [18]
 containing a white oval cloud [19] , and a white zone cloud, both of which
circle the planet. The Great Red Spot [20]  looms on the upper right. The
featured image [21]  was taken by the robotic Juno spacecraft in February
during its 17th close pass of our Solar System's largest planet. Juno's
mission [22] , now extended into 2021, is to study Jupiter in new ways. Juno's
data has already enabled discoveries [23]  that include Jupiter's magnetic
field [24]  being surprisingly lumpy, and that some of Jupiter's cloud systems
[25] run about 3,000 kilometers into the planet.

                        Tomorrow's picture: open space

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  [5] https://www.swri.org/
  [6] http://www.msss.com/
  [7] https://www.flickr.com/people/kevinmgill/
  [8] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/jupiter/overview/
  [9] ap180425.html
  [10] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/earth/overview/
  [11] https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/jpl/jupiter-marble
  [12]
https://www.luvbat.com/uploads/
funny_cat_looking_into_camera_close_up_678493464.jpg
  [13] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter
  [14] https://www.jaapsch.net/puzzles/sphere.htm
  [15] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perspective_distortion_(photography)
  [16] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_(toy)#/media/File:JM_marbles_01.jpg
  [17] ap171214.html
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http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/space-images/jupiter/
jupiters-belts-and-zones.html
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  [22] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/juno/in-depth/
  [23] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6Joupv6f-M
  [24] https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06095-9
  [25]
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/
juno-peers-deep-into-jupiters-abyss-to-reveal-weird-winds/
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