Thursday, June 30, 2016

Hubble Telescope took a picture of auroras on Jupiter’s north pole – UNIAN



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Scientists say that a picture made orbital observatory is one of the most colorful, available to man today. It is reported to Lenta.ru with reference to the publication EurekAlert.


 
 

The figure of NASA and the European Space Agency image shows a combined photo taken in the ultraviolet (in 2016) and infrared (in 2014) ranges.


 
 

Jupiter Auroras occur as well as on Earth, when high-energy particles of the solar wind directed magnetic field, enter the atmosphere in the area of ​​the pole. Due to the presence of Jupiter in a powerful magnetic field than that of the Earth, auroras on the planet hundreds of times stronger than on Earth, and never stopped.


 
 

Telescope Hubble once per month the observations of Jupiter’s auroras. They were first observed in 1979 by Voyager 1. automatic station to the gas giant, July 4, 2016 will come automatic station Juno (Jupiter Polar Orbiter). The NASA mission task is to study clouds and auroras of Jupiter.

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