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James Webb Telescope: Breathtaking New Photos of Jupiter

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James Webb Telescope: Breathtaking New Photos of Jupiter

American astronomers have post impressive new photos of Jupiterthe first attracted new powerful James Webb Space Telescope from the largest planet in our solar system.

Infrared images taken in late July and then artificially colored are, among other things, the best observations to date of the huge auroras forming at Jupiter’s two poles.

They also look familiar big red spot (giant storm), other smaller storms, faint rings, and its two smaller moons, Amalthea and Adrastea, about 200 and 20 km in diameter, respectively.

“Never before have we seen Zeus like this. It’s something incredible. To be honest, we didn’t expect the images to be this good,” said lead researcher Imke de Pater, professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Author: newsroom

Source: Kathimerini

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