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APOD: 2026 January 6 Á Jupiters Clouds in High Definition from Juno
Explanation:
How complex is Jupiter?
NASA's
Juno mission to Jupiter is finding the Jovian giant to be
more complicated than expected.
Jupiter's magnetic field has been
discovered to be much different from our Earth's simple dipole field, showing
several poles embedded in a complicated network
more convoluted in the north than the south.
Further, Juno's radio measurements show that
Jupiter's atmosphere shows structure well
below the upper cloud deck --
even hundreds of kilometers deep.
Jupiter's newfound complexity is evident also in southern clouds,
as shown in the texture and color enhanced
featured image taken last month.
There, planet-circling
zones and belts that dominate near the equator decay into a
complex miasma of continent-sized storm swirls.
Juno continues in its looping elliptical orbit,
swooping near the huge planet
every month and exploring a slightly different sector each time around.
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Publications with keywords: Jupiter - clouds
Publications with words: Jupiter - clouds
See also:
- APOD: 2025 November 11 Á Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble
- APOD: 2025 December 14 Á Juno Flyby of Ganymede and Jupiter
- APOD: 2025 August 17 Á Asperitas Clouds Over New Zealand
- APOD: 2025 May 25 Á Beneath Jupiter
- Painting with Jupiter
- APOD: 2025 April 2 Á Jupiter and Ring in Infrared from Webb
- APOD: 2025 March 9 Á Cyclones at Jupiters North Pole