About the Object Object Name: Jupiter Object Description: Planet Distance: The semi-major axis of Jupiter's orbit about the sun is 5.2 Astronomical Units (778 million km or 483 million miles). Dimensions: The planet has a diameter of roughly 88,789 miles (142,984 km) at the equator. About the Data/Images The Equatorial Regions of Jupiter
Hubble Images Jupiter in Support of the New Horizons Flyby Jupiter's Northern Aurora
Hubble Observes Volcanic Io - Ultraviolet Light Proposal: 11096 (PI: Noll) 10862 (PI: Clark) 10871 (PI: Spencer) Instrument: WFPC2 ACS/SBC WFPC2 Exposure Date(s): February 17, 2007 February 20/21, 2007 February 14, 2007 Filters: 410nm, 673nm 115nm, 125nm 255nm, 410nm, 569nm, 791nm Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI) NASA, ESA, and J. Clarke (Boston University) NASA, ESA, and J. Spencer (SwRI) About the Release Release Date: March 1, 1007 Orientation: Hubble Images Jupiter in Support of the New Horizons Flyby [ http://imgsrc.hubbl…]
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About the Object Object Name: Jupiter Object Description: Planet Distance: The semi-major axis of Jupiter's orbit about the sun is 5.2 Astronomical Units (778 million km or 483 million miles). Dimensions: The planet has a diameter of roughly 88,789 miles (142,984 km) at the equator. About the Data/Images The Equatorial Regions of Jupiter
Hubble Images Jupiter in Support of the New Horizons Flyby Jupiter's Northern Aurora
Hubble Observes Volcanic Io - Ultraviolet Light Proposal: 11096 (PI: Noll) 10862 (PI: Clark) 10871 (PI: Spencer) Instrument: WFPC2 ACS/SBC WFPC2 Exposure Date(s): February 17, 2007 February 20/21, 2007 February 14, 2007 Filters: 410nm, 673nm 115nm, 125nm 255nm, 410nm, 569nm, 791nm Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI) NASA, ESA, and J. Clarke (Boston University) NASA, ESA, and J. Spencer (SwRI) About the Release Release Date: March 1, 1007 Orientation: Hubble Images Jupiter in Support of the New Horizons Flyby [ http://imgsrc.hubbl…]
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*Release Date*:March 1, 2007 10:00 AM (EST)
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*Release Date*:March 1, 2007 10:00 AM (EST)
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*Title*:Hubble Monitors Jupiter in Support of the New Horizons Flyby
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*Title*:Hubble Monitors Jupiter in Support of the New Horizons Flyby
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*News Release Number:*: STScI-2007-11f
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*News Release Number:*: STScI-2007-11f
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is monitoring the volcanically active moon Io in support of the February 28 New Horizons spacecraft flyby of Jupiter. These images were taken with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 on February 14, 2007. The left image, taken in natural color, reveals orange oval deposits of sulfur around the Pele volcano, and other familiar surface features on Io, which is innermost of the Galilean satellites. The ultraviolet image on the right shows a big plume rising above the surface, not far from the north pole. Though Io is no bigger than Earth's geologically dead Moon, Io's interior is kept molten due to the gravitational tug of Jupiter and the other Galilean satellites.
Hubble will continue to photograph Io, as well as Jupiter over the next month, as the New Horizons spacecraft flies past Jupiter. New Horizons is en route to Pluto, and made its closest approach to Jupiter on February 28, 2007.
Through combined remote imaging by Hubble and in situ measurements by New Horizons, the two missions will enhance each other scientifically, allowing scientists to learn more about the Jovian atmosphere, the aurorae, and Jupiter's charged-particle environment and its interaction with the solar wind.
For more information, contact:
Ray Villard Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md. 410-338-4514 (phone), villard@stsci.edu (e-mail)
John Spencer Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colo. 303-546-9674 (phone), spencer@boulder.swri .edu
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*Description*:
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is monitoring the volcanically active moon Io in support of the February 28 New Horizons spacecraft flyby of Jupiter. These images were taken with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 on February 14, 2007. The left image, taken in natural color, reveals orange oval deposits of sulfur around the Pele volcano, and other familiar surface features on Io, which is innermost of the Galilean satellites. The ultraviolet image on the right shows a big plume rising above the surface, not far from the north pole. Though Io is no bigger than Earth's geologically dead Moon, Io's interior is kept molten due to the gravitational tug of Jupiter and the other Galilean satellites.
Hubble will continue to photograph Io, as well as Jupiter over the next month, as the New Horizons spacecraft flies past Jupiter. New Horizons is en route to Pluto, and made its closest approach to Jupiter on February 28, 2007.
Through combined remote imaging by Hubble and in situ measurements by New Horizons, the two missions will enhance each other scientifically, allowing scientists to learn more about the Jovian atmosphere, the aurorae, and Jupiter's charged-particle environment and its interaction with the solar wind.
For more information, contact:
Ray Villard Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md. 410-338-4514 (phone), villard@stsci.edu (e-mail)
John Spencer Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colo. 303-546-9674 (phone), spencer@boulder.swri .edu
