Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
Jupiter Hot Spot
Original Caption Released with Image:
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In this movie clip (of which the release image is a still frame), created from images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, the blue region in the center is a relatively cloud-free area where thermal radiation from warmer, deeper levels emerges. NASA's Galileo probe in 1995 entered Jupiter's atmosphere in a similar area.

Cassini is a cooperative mission of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages Cassini for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Produced By:
CICLOPS / University of Arizona
Mission:
Cassini
Spacecraft:
Cassini Orbiter
Target Name:
Jupiter
Is a satellite of:
Sol (our sun)
Instrument:
Imaging Science Subsystem
Product Size:
720 samples x 486 lines
Primary Data Set:
Cassini
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Jupiter
facet_what:
Galileo
facet_what:
Saturn
facet_what:
Cassini
facet_what:
Galileo Probe
facet_what:
Cassini Orbiter
facet_what:
Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS)
facet_where:
Jupiter
facet_where:
Arizona
facet_where:
Saturn
facet_where:
California
facet_where:
Washington
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where:
Washington, D.C.
facet_when:
1995
facet_when_year:
1995
Image #:
PIA02875
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA02875
orignial url:

Jupiter Hot Spot