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http://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/jupiter-s-north-pole-unlike-anything-encountered-in-solar-system
We waited years for this?
Blunder of the year.
North pole in full res: http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia21030_main_2_north_polar_full-disk_a.png
South pole: http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia21031_3_figa_npoleterminatorview2_figa.png
South pole aurora: http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia21033_jiram_aurora_d.png
Thirteen hours of radio emissions from Jupiter's intense auroras are presented here, both visually and in sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slE2i0O0pDY
As Juno approached Jupiter on August 27, 2016, it's Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument captured the planet's glow in infrared light: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9TtSCkoERw
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>>8317909
Jupiters pole looks ugly.
How come Saturns looks much nicer?
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>>8317909
>We waited years for this
Almost as if the whole idea of a camera was just an after-thought to please pop/sci/ and doesn't really affect the main science part of the mission.
I love pretty pictures of shit just as much as the next guy, but thats not really why we sent it there.
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Don't diss Jupiter's sexy butt!
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>>8317929
>Almost as if the whole idea of a camera was just an after-thought to please pop/sci/ and doesn't really affect the main science part of the mission.
Eh, sortof.
It's worth remembering that most of the science from these kind of projects gets done AFTER the data is collected. They might not have had a specific goal for the camera when the launched Juno, but I bet SOMEONE will find an interesting use for that data anyway.
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Why don't we see the the same hexagonal partern on Jupiter's poles than we do on Saturn? Does it have anything to do with the moons' gravity causing tidal intereferences?
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>>8318794
Saturn is the 6th planet so it gets to be spooky like that. Saturn also have 6 letters, 6*10^26kg mass, 60km scale height and 60K radius ;)
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>>8318802
I was going to laugh at your post until my brain chogged on to the fact a hexagon has six sides.
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>>8317909
You posted the same link 3 times
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>>8317909
>We waited years for this?
What were you expecting? Aliens? Fuck off to r/UFO kid.
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