Subj : Daily APOD Report To : All From : Ben Ritchey Date : Wed May 08 2019 11:57:33 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 May 8 [2] Jupiter Marble from Juno Image Credit: NASA [3] / JPL-Caltech [4] / SwRI [5] / MSSS [6] ; Processing: Kevin M. Gill [7] Explanation: What does Jupiter look like up close? Most images of Jupiter [8] are taken from far away [9] , either from Earth [10] or from a great enough distance that nearly half the planet is visible. This shot [11] , though, was composed from images taken relatively close in [12] , where less than half of the planet was visible. From here, Jupiter [13] still appears spherical [14] but perspective distortion [15] now makes it look more like a marble [16] . Visible on Jupiter's cloud tops [17] are a prominent dark horizontal belt [18] containing a white oval cloud [19] , and a white zone cloud, both of which circle the planet. The Great Red Spot [20] looms on the upper right. The featured image [21] was taken by the robotic Juno spacecraft in February during its 17th close pass of our Solar System's largest planet. Juno's mission [22] , now extended into 2021, is to study Jupiter in new ways. Juno's data has already enabled discoveries [23] that include Jupiter's magnetic field [24] being surprisingly lumpy, and that some of Jupiter's cloud systems [25] run about 3,000 kilometers into the planet. Tomorrow's picture: open space ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- < [26] | Archive [27] | Submissions [28] | Index [29] | Search [30] | Calendar [31] | RSS [32] | Education [33] | About APOD [34] | Discuss [35] | > [36] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff [37] (MTU [38] ) & Jerry Bonnell [39] (UMCP [40] ) NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply [41] . NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices [42] A service of: ASD [43] at NASA [44] / GSFC [45] & Michigan Tech. U. [46] ---------- Site notes: [1] archivepix.html [2] image/1905/JupiterMarble_JunoGill_3000.jpg [3] https://www.nasa.gov/ [4] https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ [5] https://www.swri.org/ [6] http://www.msss.com/ [7] https://www.flickr.com/people/kevinmgill/ [8] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/jupiter/overview/ [9] ap180425.html [10] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/earth/overview/ [11] https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/jpl/jupiter-marble [12] https://www.luvbat.com/uploads/ funny_cat_looking_into_camera_close_up_678493464.jpg [13] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter [14] https://www.jaapsch.net/puzzles/sphere.htm [15] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perspective_distortion_(photography) [16] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_(toy)#/media/File:JM_marbles_01.jpg [17] ap171214.html [18] http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/space-images/jupiter/ jupiters-belts-and-zones.html [19] ap170228.html [20] ap140518.html [21] https://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinmgill/32261073637/ [22] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/juno/in-depth/ [23] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6Joupv6f-M [24] https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06095-9 [25] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ juno-peers-deep-into-jupiters-abyss-to-reveal-weird-winds/ [26] ap190507.html [27] archivepix.html [28] lib/apsubmit2015.html [29] lib/aptree.html [30] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search [31] calendar/allyears.html [32] /apod.rss [33] lib/edlinks.html [34] lib/about_apod.html [35] http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=190508 [36] ap190509.html [37] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html [38] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ [39] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html [40] http://www.astro.umd.edu/ [41] lib/about_apod.html#srapply [42] https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html [43] https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ [44] https://www.nasa.gov/ [45] https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ [46] http://www.mtu.edu/ --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 (Windows/32) * Origin: FIDONet - The Positronium Repository (1:393/68) .