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Jupiter will be at its biggest and brightest this weekend. Here’s how to see it
This happens every 13 months. In addition, Jupiter is at its closest to Earth just one day earlier, on Friday, December 6. This happens because, although Earth and Jupiter both have orbits around ...
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Planet Jupiter, explained
The planet's fast spin on its axis means that one Jupiter day lasts less than 10 Earth hours, and it sparks electrical currents that may drive the planet's intense and massive magnetic field ...
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Jupiter’s ‘Great Red Spot’ Is Shrinking — And Scientists Think They Know Why
However, since Amalthea takes less than half a day to orbit Jupiter, its temperature could be due to tidal stresses caused by Jupiter’s gravity, which creates a lot of friction and heat within it.
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Webb Telescope’s Jaw-Dropping Jupiter Image Reveals Powerful Jet Stream
Hueso is the lead author on a new paper published this week in the journal Nature. Since one day on Jupiter—one rotation—takes 10 hours, JWST’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) took four images ...