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Here is the second piece to the Planet thingy.
It’s the Axolotl!
I often find people’s designs of this fella kinda plain :((
Which is sad because we know so little abt them-
Falling Into Jupiter
Twenty-five years ago, an object roughly the size of an oven made space history when it plunged into the clouds of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system. On Dec. 7, 1995, the 750-pound Galileo probe became the first probe to enter the gas giant. Traveling at a blistering speed of 106,000 miles per hour, the probe’s protective heat shield experienced temperatures as hot as the Sun’s surface generated by friction during entry. As the probe parachuted through Jupiter’s dense atmosphere, its science instruments made measurements of the planet’s chemical and physical makeup. The probe collected data for nearly an hour before its signal was lost. Its data was transmitted to Earth via the Galileo spacecraft, an orbiter that carried the probe to Jupiter and stayed within contact during the encounter. Learn more about the mission.
The Galileo probe was launched to space aboard space shuttle Atlantis in 1989
The probe consisted of a descent module and a protective deceleration module
The probe traveled to Jupiter attached to the Galileo spacecraft
The probe was released from the spacecraft in July 1995
The probe entered Jupiter’s atmosphere five months later on Dec. 7, 1995
Parachutes were deployed to slow the probe’s descent
The probe collected science data for 58 minutes as it fell into the planet’s atmosphere
The Galileo probe was managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley.
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The dots in the sky, Jupiter and Saturn.
I love NASA’s posts
Falling Into Jupiter
Twenty-five years ago, an object roughly the size of an oven made space history when it plunged into the clouds of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system. On Dec. 7, 1995, the 750-pound Galileo probe became the first probe to enter the gas giant. Traveling at a blistering speed of 106,000 miles per hour, the probe’s protective heat shield experienced temperatures as hot as the Sun’s surface generated by friction during entry. As the probe parachuted through Jupiter’s dense atmosphere, its science instruments made measurements of the planet’s chemical and physical makeup. The probe collected data for nearly an hour before its signal was lost. Its data was transmitted to Earth via the Galileo spacecraft, an orbiter that carried the probe to Jupiter and stayed within contact during the encounter. Learn more about the mission.
The Galileo probe was launched to space aboard space shuttle Atlantis in 1989
The probe consisted of a descent module and a protective deceleration module
The probe traveled to Jupiter attached to the Galileo spacecraft
The probe was released from the spacecraft in July 1995
The probe entered Jupiter’s atmosphere five months later on Dec. 7, 1995
Parachutes were deployed to slow the probe’s descent
The probe collected science data for 58 minutes as it fell into the planet’s atmosphere
The Galileo probe was managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley.
Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space: http://nasa.tumblr.com
Jupiter
Make way for the king of the solar system! 👑
New Webb images of Jupiter highlight the planet’s features, including its turbulent Great Red Spot (shown in white here), in amazing detail. These images were processed by citizen scientist Judy Schmid.
The Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn
Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Have you noticed two bright objects in the sky getting closer together with each passing night? It’s Jupiter and Saturn doing a planetary dance that will result in the Great Conjunction on Dec. 21. On that day, Jupiter and Saturn will be right next to each other in the sky – the closest they have appeared in nearly 400 years!
Skywatching Tips from NASA
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
For those who would like to see this phenomenon for themselves, here’s what to do:
Find a spot with an unobstructed view of the sky, such as a field or park. Jupiter and Saturn are bright, so they can be seen even from most cities.
An hour after sunset, look to the southwestern sky. Jupiter will look like a bright star and be easily visible. Saturn will be slightly fainter and will appear slightly above and to the left of Jupiter until December 21, when Jupiter will overtake it and they will reverse positions in the sky.
The planets can be seen with the unaided eye, but if you have binoculars or a small telescope, you may be able to see Jupiter’s four large moons orbiting the giant planet.
How to Photograph the Conjunction
Credits: NASA/Bill Dunford
Saturn and Jupiter are easy to see without special equipment, and can be photographed easily on DSLR cameras and many cell phone cameras. Here are a few tips and tricks:
These planets are visible in the early evening, and you’ll have about 1-2 hours from when they are visible, to when they set. A photo from the same location can look completely different just an hour later!
Using a tripod will help you hold your camera steady while taking longer exposures. If you don’t have a tripod, brace your camera against something – a tree, a fence, or a car can all serve as a tripod for a several-second exposure.
The crescent Moon will pass near Jupiter and Saturn a few days before the conjunction. Take advantage of it in your composition!
Get more tips HERE.
Still have questions about the Great Conjunction?
Our NASA expert answered questions from social media on an episode of NASA Science Live on Thursday, Dec. 17. Watch the recording HERE.
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New results from our Juno mission suggest the planet is home to “shallow lightning.” An unexpected form of electrical discharge, shallow lightning comes from a unique ammonia-water solution.
It was previously thought that lightning on Jupiter was similar to Earth, forming only in thunderstorms where water exists in all its phases – ice, liquid, and gas. But flashes observed at altitudes too cold for pure liquid water to exist told a different story. This illustration uses data obtained by the mission to show what these high-altitude electrical storms look like.
Understanding the inner workings of Jupiter allows us to develop theories about atmospheres on other planets and exoplanets!
Illustration Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstädt/Heidi N. Becker/Koji Kuramura
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source: http://www.natgeomedia.com/reading/book-news/69780
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?Category=Spacecraft&IM_ID=8963
Juno, 探測木星的任務, 於 2011年8月5日發射, 預計2016年7月到達木星, 主要研究木星的形成, 木星的重力場、磁場及大氣結構，透過Juno的觀測任務, 將使我們更瞭解太陽系的形成, 以及已發現的其他擁有行星系統的恆星。
Juno探測船以宙斯之妻的名字命名, 是第一架距離太陽這麼遠並設計以太陽能發電運轉的太空船. 於2013年10月會再次經過地球, 利用地球重力加速, 抛射到木星.
過去已有8艘探測船進行探測木星的任務。
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?Sort=Target&Target=Jupiter&Era=Past
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?Category=Planets&IM_ID=2098
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Jupiter&Display=Sats
木星的四大衛星, 又稱伽利略四大衛星(Galilean moons), 分別是伊奧 Io, 歐羅巴 Europa, 加利美德 Ganymede, 及卡利斯托 Callisto
1610年, 發明天文望遠鏡的伽利略, 觀測木星時, 就已觀測到這四顆衛星, 這是第一次發現其他行星有衛星環繞運行 - 證實了哥白尼所提出日心說, 而非地心說.
歐羅巴, 木衛二, 是一顆冰衛星, 科學家認為在其厚厚的冰層下方, 可能是一大片海洋。 因此被認為是可能有外星生物的星球之一。 http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Jup_Europa
加利美得, 木衛三, 太陽系裡最大的衛星, 比水星還大, 大約是火星的3/4, 如果它是繞著太陽, 而不是木星, 它會被歸類是一顆行星。 http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Jup_Ganymede
在希臘神話故事中, 歐羅巴是天神宙斯的小三, 加利美得是一個漂亮英俊的少年, 被化身為老鷹的宙斯擄走。
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Jupiter
木星。卡西尼探測船所拍攝的照片。前方黑影為木星的衛星-歐羅巴。
- 太陽系最大的行星
- 質量是地球的約300倍, 體積是地球的約1300倍
- 木星是個氣體行星, 大氣成份和恆星相似, 大部份是氫和氦, 若當初在它形成時, 質量能再大上80倍, 當時就可能形成的是一顆恆星, 而不是行星。
- 自轉一圈約9.9小時, 公轉太陽一圈約12年
- 木星表面最明顯的特徵- 大紅斑, 至少已經存在300年, 因為在1800s, 300年前就被觀測到
- 1979年航海家1號探測船發現木星有環
- 1995年伽利略號探測船發送一個探測器至木星大氣
- 目前Juno探測船正在往木星的旅途上, 預計2016年到達
July 2, 2019.
Nikon D3100 /f5 /15 s /18 mm /ISO 1600
Falling Into Jupiter
Twenty-five years ago, an object roughly the size of an oven made space history when it plunged into the clouds of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system. On Dec. 7, 1995, the 750-pound Galileo probe became the first probe to enter the gas giant. Traveling at a blistering speed of 106,000 miles per hour, the probe’s protective heat shield experienced temperatures as hot as the Sun’s surface generated by friction during entry. As the probe parachuted through Jupiter’s dense atmosphere, its science instruments made measurements of the planet’s chemical and physical makeup. The probe collected data for nearly an hour before its signal was lost. Its data was transmitted to Earth via the Galileo spacecraft, an orbiter that carried the probe to Jupiter and stayed within contact during the encounter. Learn more about the mission.
The Galileo probe was launched to space aboard space shuttle Atlantis in 1989
The probe consisted of a descent module and a protective deceleration module
The probe traveled to Jupiter attached to the Galileo spacecraft
The probe was released from the spacecraft in July 1995
The probe entered Jupiter’s atmosphere five months later on Dec. 7, 1995
Parachutes were deployed to slow the probe’s descent
The probe collected science data for 58 minutes as it fell into the planet’s atmosphere
The Galileo probe was managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley.
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Clouds of Jupiter
✨The Beauty of Jupiter ✨
X likes to bite 🧛♂️
i <3 JUPITER AND EARTH, father and son ‼️
Me when I suddenly appear and disappear 🫶
map of europa with drawings of my fellow soldiers from back during the ice war
way back when I got promoted to sergeant my captain gave me the company guidebook on europan warfare and all these maps. neither of them were worth anything except as a canvas. thing is, ink and paint freezes in those tunnels, so I drew the other soldiers all in pencil. I've been going through these old sketches from my time on the ice and thinking I might share some of them, so I'll have a few more for you soon, because the ice was hell and this was the only thing that made it gentler
Source for map (Global Geologic Map of Europa by USGS in conjunction with NASA):
https://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3513/sim3513_sheet.pdf
(I love USGS so much)
upon morning reflection I've decided the ice looks decent and the helmet looks kinda sick but I failed to convey the cosmic horror of the watchful eye of jove. but I think that's because no earthly medium can capture jove's pitiless face, and certainly not the crude colors of a veteran like me
we honor our fallen comrades beneath jove's unblinking eye
we honor our fallen comrades beneath jove's unblinking eye
they ship in warmies who think they know war but no one knows war before
no one from terra knows what it is to feel your lungs fill with ice as the red eye watches you forever
no one from terra knows how to fight in tunnels or trenches; that planet is too crowded, everywhere has people, no one knows what it's like to fight inside the ground itself
no one from terra knows how the fighting goes when the line between soldier and miner is as blurry as your vision gets as the ice sets in
no one from terra knows how fighting used to be, without plasma guns or electro-bombs, no one knows how to fight when it gets so cold that all the modern tech dies and you're left with your frozen purple hands and the rifles of your ancestors
no one from terra knows what war is. no one knows what war is before—
before they come here.
Is it me or does Jupiter in this also look like calcifer from howls moving castle
Regrann from @nasa - What's Up in the night skies this June? First up is Venus. It reaches its highest sunset altitude for the year this month and sets more than two hours after sunset. Then, you can't miss Jupiter, only a month after its opposition--when Earth was directly between Jupiter and the Sun. The best time to observe Jupiter through a telescope is 10:30 p.m. local time at the beginning of the month and as soon as it's dark by the end of the month. Just aim your binoculars at the bright planet for a view including the four Galilean moons. Or just enjoy Jupiter with your unaided eye! Credit: NASA #nasa #space #jupiter #venus #planets #stargazing #astronomy #solarsystem #nightsky #whatsup #lookup #sky #stars #june
Carina Nebula + Van Gogh
Copyright: @ Alpgenart
Here's some more information on NASA's Juno_Mission.
Juno: Join the Mission!
Our Juno spacecraft may be millions of miles from Earth, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get involved with the mission and its science. Here are a few ways that you can join in on the fun:
Juno Orbit Insertion
This July 4, our solar-powered Juno spacecraft arrives at Jupiter after an almost five-year journey. In the evening of July 4, the spacecraft will perform a suspenseful orbit insertion maneuver, a 35-minute burn of its main engine, to slow the spacecraft by about 1,212 miles per hour so it can be captured into the gas giant’s orbit. Watch live coverage of these events on NASA Television:
Pre-Orbit Insertion Briefing Monday, July 4 at 12 p.m. EDT
Orbit Insertion Coverage Monday, July 4 at 10:30 p.m. EDT
Join Us On Social Media
Orbit Insertion Coverage Facebook Live Monday, July 4 at 10:30 p.m. EDT
Be sure to also check out and follow Juno coverage on the NASA Snapchat account!
JunoCam
The Juno spacecraft will give us new views of Jupiter’s swirling clouds, courtesy of its color camera called JunoCam. But unlike previous space missions, professional scientists will not be the ones producing the processed views, or even choosing which images to capture. Instead, the public will act as a virtual imaging team, participating in key steps of the process, from identifying features of interest to sharing the finished images online.
After JunoCam data arrives on Earth, members of the public will process the images to create color pictures. Juno scientists will ensure JunoCam returns a few great shots of Jupiter’s polar regions, but the overwhelming majority of the camera’s image targets will be chosen by the public, with the data being processed by them as well. Learn more about JunoCam HERE.
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NASA's Juno_Mission reaches Jupiter on The 4th of July!
Scientists Excited as Juno Nears Jupiter
http://www.sci-news.com/space/juno-nears-jupiter-03994.html
On the evening of July 4, Juno — a solar-powered spacecraft the size of a basketball court — will fire its main engine for 35 minutes, placing it into a polar orbit around Jupiter
During the flybys, the spacecraft will probe beneath the obscuring cloud cover of the Solar System’s largest planet and study its auroras to learn more about the planet’s origins, structure, atmosphere and massive magnetosphere.
A series of 37 planned close approaches during the mission will eclipse the previous record for Jupiter set in 1974 by NASA’s Pioneer 11 spacecraft of 27,000 miles (43,000 km).