﻿ Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2024 April 21 IFRAME: [2]https://www.youtube.com/embed/c4TU3arrZR8?rel=0 Perijove 16: Passing Jupiter Video Credit & [3]License: [4]NASA, [5]Juno, [6]SwRI, [7]MSSS, [8]Gerald Eichstadt; Music: [9]The Planets, IV. Jupiter ([10]Gustav Holst); [11]USAF Heritage of America Band ([12]via Wikipedia) Explanation: Watch Juno zoom past Jupiter. [13]NASA's robotic spacecraft [14]Juno is continuing on its now month-long, highly-[15]elongated orbits around our Solar System's largest planet. The featured video is from perijove 16, the sixteenth time that [16]Juno passed near Jupiter since it arrived in mid-2016. Each [17]perijove passes near a [18]slightly different part of Jupiter's cloud tops. This [19]color-enhanced video has been digitally composed from 21 JunoCam still images, resulting in a 125-fold time-lapse. [20]The video begins with Jupiter rising as [21]Juno [22]approaches from the north. As Juno reaches its [23]closest view -- from about 3,500 kilometers over Jupiter's cloud tops -- the spacecraft captures the great planet in tremendous detail. [24]Juno passes light zones and dark belts of clouds that circle the planet, as well as numerous swirling circular storms, many of which are larger than [25]hurricanes on Earth. As Juno moves away, the remarkable [26]dolphin-shaped cloud is visible. After the perijove, [27]Jupiter recedes into the distance, now displaying the unusual clouds that appear over Jupiter's south. To get desired [28]science data, Juno swoops so close to [29]Jupiter that its instruments are exposed to very high levels of [30]radiation. Tomorrow's picture: volcano emits rings __________________________________________________________________ [31]< | [32]Archive | [33]Submissions | [34]Index | [35]Search | [36]Calendar | [37]RSS | [38]Education | [39]About APOD | [40]Discuss | [41]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [42]Robert Nemiroff ([43]MTU) & [44]Jerry Bonnell ([45]UMCP) NASA Official: Amber Straughn [46]Specific rights apply. [47]NASA Web Privacy, [48]Accessibility, [49]Notices; A service of: [50]ASD at [51]NASA / [52]GSFC, [53]NASA Science Activation & [54]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://www.youtube.com/embed/c4TU3arrZR8?rel=0 3. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ 4. https://www.nasa.gov/ 5. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/main/index.html 6. http://www.swri.org/ 7. http://www.msss.com/ 8. http://www.planetary.org/connect/our-experts/profiles/gerald-eichstdt.html 9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Planets 10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Holst 11. https://www.music.af.mil/Bands/US-Air-Force-Heritage-of-America-Band/ 12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Holst_The_Planets_Jupiter.ogg 13. https://www.nasa.gov/ 14. https://science.nasa.gov/mission/juno 15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic_orbit 16. https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/spacecraft/ 17. https://www.thefreedictionary.com/perijove 18. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-re-plans-junos-jupiter-mission 19. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsGW2JZrMnY 20. https://youtu.be/c4TU3arrZR8 21. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_(spacecraft) 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170523.html 23. https://media.giphy.com/media/1050MHNmEr19C0/giphy.gif 24. https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/ 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap171127.html 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190415.html 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220830.html 28. https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/science-findings/ 29. https://science.nasa.gov/jupiter/ 30. https://www.nasa.gov/missions/analog-field-testing/why-space-radiation-matters/ 31. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240420.html 32. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 33. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 34. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 35. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 36. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 37. https://apod.com/feed.rss 38. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 39. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 40. https://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=240421 41. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240422.html 42. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 43. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 44. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 45. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 46. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 47. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 48. https://www.nasa.gov/general/accessibility/ 49. https://www.nasa.gov/privacy/ 50. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 51. https://www.nasa.gov/ 52. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 53. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 54. http://www.mtu.edu/