In Depth | Jupiter – NASA Solar System Exploration
Jupiter is the fifth planet from our Sun and is, by far, the largest planet in the solar system – more than twice as massive as all the other planets combined. Jupiter's stripes and swirls are actually cold, windy clouds of ammonia and water, floating in an atmosphere of hydrogen and helium.
Hubble Color-Composite Maps of Jupiter - NASA Solar System …
These cylindrical projections show the entire atmosphere of Jupiter in one map. The HST images show clearly that dark material produced in the comet explosion has continued to spread in Jupiter's atmosphere.
Galileo Probe Science Results - NASA Solar System Exploration
The composition of Jupiter's atmosphere offered some surprises, according to project scientists. It contains significantly lower than expected levels of helium, neon, and certain heavy elements, such as carbon, oxygen and sulfur.
10 Need-to-Know Things About Jupiter - NASA Solar System …
Jupiter is a gas giant and so lacks an Earth-like surface. If it has a solid inner core at all, it’s likely only about the size of Earth.
Planet Compare – NASA Solar System Exploration
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NASA Juno Findings - Jupiter's Jet-Streams Are Unearthly
Mar 7, 2018 · Data collected by NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter indicate that the atmospheric winds of the gas-giant planet run deep into its atmosphere and last longer than similar atmospheric processes found here on Earth. The findings will improve understanding of Jupiter’s interior structure, core mass and, eventually, its origin.
Comet Freight Train to Collide with Jupiter - NASA Solar System …
The explosions within Jupiter's atmosphere may inject atmospheric ingredients into the magnetosphere, altering Jupiter's radio emissions. As the comet fragments enter Jupiter's stratosphere, they will be heated and lose some mass and energy by aerodynamic forces.
Jupiter Clouds in Depth – NASA Solar System Exploration
Dec 28, 2000 · Jupiter's atmosphere. It is sensitive to the amount of cloud and haze down to the pressure of the water cloud, which lies at a depth where pressure is about 6 times the atmospheric pressure at sea level on the Earth). Light in the strongest methane band is absorbed at high altitude and is
In Depth | Venus – NASA Solar System Exploration
The atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide – the same gas driving the greenhouse effect on Venus and Earth – with clouds composed of sulfuric acid. And at the surface, the hot, high-pressure carbon dioxide behaves in a corrosive fashion.
Hubble Color-Composite Maps of Jupiter - NASA Solar System …
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope resolves eight impact sites on Jupiter from the collisions of the fragmented comet, Shoemaker Levy 9. This image was taken on July 22, 1994, shortly before the last comet fragment plunged into Jupiter's atmosphere.