Station Juno made the giant vortex on Jupiter
Space station Juno (Jupiter Polar Orbiter) made the giant vortex on Jupiter. The image obtained on March 27, 2017 with the help of scientific instrument JunoCam, when the camera did a close flyby of the gas giant. Then Juno was at a distance of 12.7 thousand kilometers from the planet.
Space station Juno (Jupiter Polar Orbiter) made the giant vortex on Jupiter. Photo available on the NASA website.
On the right half of the photograph visible is constantly current in the atmosphere of a gas giant hurricane, while in the left part of the image can be considered spontaneous vortex.
The image obtained on March 27, 2017 with the help of scientific instrument JunoCam, when the station made a close flyby of Jupiter. Then Juno was at a distance of 12.7 thousand kilometers from the gas giant.
The objectives of the Juno mission is the study of clouds and polar auroras of Jupiter. With the help of the station, scientists hope to learn more about the origin of the planets, structure and physical properties of its atmosphere and magnetosphere. Mission Juno should be completed in February 2018, the flooding of the station in the gas giant’s atmosphere.