Jupiter is the fifth planet from our Sun and is, by far, the largest planet in the solar system.
Credit,Paul Phillips (WAS)
Images from the James Webb Telescope
Credit NASA.
Credit NASA and ABC News. https://tech.hindustantimes.com/tech/news/nasas-james-webb-space-telescope-captures-awesome-rings-around-jupiter-71661236685629.html
You can see the rings in this image.
Facts about Jupiter
Age: 4.603 billion years
Density: 1.33 g/cm³
Gravity: 24.79 m/s²
Radius: 69,911 km
Apparent magnitude (V): -2.2
Coordinates: RA 1h 30m 27s | Dec +8° 19′ 16″
Moons: Europa, Io, Ganymede, Callisto, Jupiter LXI, Amalthea
Jupiters Moons
Credit Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_%28moon%29
Great Red Spot
Jupiter has a "Great Red Spot" that is actually a massive cyclone storm.
10,000 miles across.
Credit, Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Red_Spot
Fly into the Great Red Spot of Jupiter with NASA’s Juno Mission
Credit: NASA
Visits to Jupiter
There have been several visits to Jupiter:
1973: Pioneer 10 becomes the first spacecraft to cross the asteroid belt and fly past Jupiter. 1979: Voyager 1 and 2 discover Jupiter's faint rings, several new moons and volcanic activity on Io's surface.
1992: Ulysses swung by Jupiter on Feb.
And now Jupiter is being visited by JUICE space craft.
Credit ESA: Juice launch to Jupiter (Youtube)
Check out this month's Sky at Night episode on Jupiter for more information on the JUICE mission on BBC IPlayer.
Also, check out this Podcast.
Jupiter
Credit, In Our Times, Melvyn Bragg, BBC Sounds
Cheers Mark Brown