Subj : Daily APOD Report To : All From : Ben Ritchey Date : Mon Apr 15 2019 12:56:56 Astronomy Picture of the Day Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! [1] Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2019 April 15 [2] Enhanced: The Dolphin Cloud on Jupiter Image Credit: NASA [3] , Juno [4] , SwRI [5] , MSSS [6] ; Processing: Gerald Eichst„dt [7] & Avi Solomon Explanation: Do you see the dolphin-shaped cloud on Jupiter? The cloud was visible last year during perijove 16 [8] , the sixteenth time that NASA's robotic spacecraft Juno [9] passed near Jupiter since it arrived in mid-2016. During each perijove, Juno [10] passes near a slightly different part of Jupiter's cloud tops. The dolphin shape may be surprising but is not scientifically significant -- clouds on Jupiter [11] and Earth [12] are constantly shifting and can temporarily mimic many familiar shapes [13] . The cloud appears in Jupiter's South Temperate Belt [14] (STB), a band of dark and dropping clouds that rings the planet and also contains Oval BA [15] , dubbed Red Spot Jr. [16] The featured image [17] was digitally processed to enhance color and contrast. Juno's next swoop [18] near Jupiter -- perijove 20 -- will occur on late May. Tomorrow's picture: larger than life ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- < [19] | Archive [20] | Submissions [21] | Index [22] | Search [23] | Calendar [24] | RSS [25] | Education [26] | About APOD [27] | Discuss [28] | > [29] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff [30] (MTU [31] ) & Jerry Bonnell [32] (UMCP [33] ) NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply [34] . NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices [35] A service of: ASD [36] at NASA [37] / GSFC [38] & Michigan Tech. U. [39] ---------- Site notes: [1] archivepix.html [2] image/1904/JupiterDolphin_JunoEichstadt_3064.jpg [3] https://www.nasa.gov/ [4] https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/main/index.html [5] http://www.swri.org/ [6] http://www.msss.com/ [7] http://www.planetary.org/connect/our-experts/profiles/ gerald-eichstdt.html [8] ap190205.html [9] https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/spacecraft/index.html [10] https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/ [11] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/jupiter/overview/ [12] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/earth/overview/ [13] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcrEqIpi6sg [14] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Jupiter#/media/ File:Jupiter_cloud_bands.svg [15] ap151024.html [16] ap060505.html [17] http://junocam.pictures/gerald/uploads/20181108/ [18] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_(spacecraft) [19] ap190414.html [20] archivepix.html [21] lib/apsubmit2015.html [22] lib/aptree.html [23] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search [24] calendar/allyears.html [25] /apod.rss [26] lib/edlinks.html [27] lib/about_apod.html [28] http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=190415 [29] ap190416.html [30] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html [31] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ [32] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html [33] http://www.astro.umd.edu/ [34] lib/about_apod.html#srapply [35] https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html [36] https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ [37] https://www.nasa.gov/ [38] https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ [39] http://www.mtu.edu/ --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 (Windows/32) * Origin: FIDONet - The Positronium Repository (1:393/68) .