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
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