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During its 40th close pass by Jupiter, our Juno spacecraft saw Ganymede cast a large, dark spot on the planet on Feb. 25, 2022. JunoCam captured this image from very close to Jupiter, making Ganymede’s shadow appear especially large. At the time the raw image was taken, the Juno spacecraft was about 44,000 miles (71,000 kilometers) above Jupiter’s cloud tops...
2022年10月7日 In Ganymede’s Shadow Image Credit & Copyright: Andrew McCarthy Explanation: At opposition, opposite the Sun in Earth’s sky, late last month Jupiter is also approaching perihelion, the closest point to the Sun in its elliptical orbit, early next year. That makes Jupiter exceptionally close to our fair planet, currently resulting in...
2022年4月27日 Moon Shadow on Jupiter Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Processing & License: Thomas Thomopoulos Explanation: What is that large dark spot on Jupiter? It’s the shadow of Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon. When Jupiter’s moons cross between the Jovian giant and the Sun, they created shadows just like when the Earth...
2021年10月11日 Juno Flyby of Ganymede and Jupiter Video Credit: Images: NASA, JPL-Caltech, SWRI, MSSS; Animation: Koji Kuramura, Gerald Eichstädt, Mike Stetson; Music: Vangelis Explanation: What would it be like to fly over the largest moon in the Solar System? In June, the robotic Juno spacecraft flew past Jupiter’s huge moon Ganymede and took images tha...
2021年8月21日 Triple Transit and Mutual Events Image Credit & Copyright: Christopher Go Explanation: These three panels feature the Solar System’s ruling gas giant Jupiter on August 15 as seen from Cebu City, Philippines, planet Earth. On that date the well-timed telescopic views detail some remarkable performances, transits and mutual events, by Jup...
天文学家首次在木星的卫星木卫三的大气中发现了水蒸气的证据。这种水蒸气是在木卫三表面的冰升华时形成的，也就是说，从固体变成气体。 科学家们利用NASA哈勃太空望远镜新的档案数据集，做出了这一发现，发表在《自然天文学》杂志上。 这张照片展示了1996年NASA哈勃太空望远镜观测到的木星卫星木卫三。木卫三位于5亿英里(超过6亿公里)之外，哈勃可以跟踪卫星上的变化，并在紫外和近红外波长揭示其他特征。天文学家现在利用哈勃望远镜提供的新的档案数据集，首次揭示了木星卫星木卫三大气中存在水蒸气的证据，这是由于水蒸气从卫星的冰面热逸出而来。 影像来源：NASA, ESA, John Spencer (SwRI Boulder) 此前的研究提供了间接证据，表明太阳系最大的卫星木卫三含有的水比地球上所有的海洋都要多。然而，那里的温度...
2021年06月14日 Ganymede from Juno Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Processing & License: Kevin M. Gill; Explanation: What does the largest moon in the Solar System look like? Jupiter’s moon Ganymede, larger than even Mercury and Pluto, has an icy surface speckled with bright young craters overlying a mixture of older, darker, more cratered t...