Jupiter is shown through a 200 mm diameter and 1000 focal length Newtonian telescope. An experience of a lifetime
Jupiter in this period is on its way to becoming the undisputed king of the firmament. For now it rises just before 10pm and sails the celestial oceans late at night, but little by little we will be able to admire it even at less prohibitive times. This is how it appears seen through the telescope of our Tommaso Nicolò, a Newtonian with a diameter of 200 mm and a focal length of 1000 mm. An extraordinary show to say the least, the video:
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Some info on the king of planets
Jupiter it is the largest of the eight planets in the solar system. It has a mass that is about 2 times the mass of all the other planets combined. It’s a gas giant: it is mainly made up of hydrogen and helium with a probably rocky core made up mainly of carbon and silicates.
The atmosphere of Jupiter
The Jovian atmosphere has many active phenomena: unstable bands, storms (caused by convective motions of moist air in its atmosphere), cyclones, anticyclones, and lightning. It has 79 natural satellites of which we remember the 4 Galilean ones as the most important: Io, Europa, Callisto and Ganymede. It also has a system of rings discovered in 1979 by the probe after those of Saturn and Uranus: they are mainly made up of dust, presumably silicates.
The Juno probe is giving us breathtaking images
The probe Juno of NASA, launched in August 2011 and arriving in the Jovian system in July 2016, is introducing us to Jupiter in a way never seen before. The main objectives are:
- Structural properties and dynamics of the king of planets through mass and nucleus measurements;
- Study of the gravitational field and the magnetic field;
- In-depth analysis of the Jovian atmosphere;
- Study of the poles in particular of the three-dimensional structure of the magnetosphere.
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