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Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Galileo Zooms in on Jupiter's Red Spot
Explanation:
What does the largest storm system ever recorded look like close-up? This storm system is Jupiter [ http://seds.lpl.ari…]'s Great Red Spot [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and it was captured recently [ http://newproducts.…] in detail by the robot spacecraft Galileo [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] now in orbit around Jupiter [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Using real images from three color filters, the Galileo team was able to compute what a person would see if able to float just above this ancient rotating cloud system [ http://irtf.ifa.haw…]. But don't get too close - remember that Jupiter's Great Red Spot [ http://tnj.phys.tue…] is a cold, high pressure area more than twice as wide as planet Earth [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…].
Credit and Copyright:
The Galileo Project [ http://newproducts.…], JPL [ http://www.jpl.nasa…], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]
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Ganymede
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Arizona
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Hawaii
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Jupiter
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Earth
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Galileo
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Ganymede
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Jupiter
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SPD-APOD-ap960827

Galileo Zooms in on Jupiter's Red Spot